Exodus 22

22 ¹ Whoever steals an ox or sheep, then kills or sells it, repays five cattle for the ox, four sheep for the sheep. ² If a thief is caught breaking in and beaten to death, no bloodguilt for it. ³ If sunrise finds him, bloodguilt is his. He must repay; if he has nothing, he's sold for his theft. ⁴ If the stolen animal is found alive in his possession—ox, donkey, or sheep—he must repay double.

⁵ If someone lets livestock loose and it grazes in another's field or vineyard, he repays with the best of his field and the best of his vineyard.

⁶ If fire spreads and catches thornbushes, burning stacked grain, standing grain, or the field, whoever started it must repay in full.

⁷ If someone entrusts a neighbor with silver or goods, and it's stolen from his house, the thief—if caught—pays back double. ⁸ If the thief isn't found, the householder must come before our Father to see if he took his neighbor's property. ⁹ For any disputed ox, donkey, sheep, garment, or lost item claimed as his, both come before our Father; whoever our Father condemns pays double to his neighbor.

¹⁰ If someone gives his neighbor a donkey, ox, sheep, or any animal to guard, and it dies, is hurt, or is taken unseen, ¹¹ An oath before me settles the matter between them: the keeper did not lay a hand on his neighbor's property. The owner accepts it; no repayment is due. ¹² But if the animal was in fact stolen from him, he must make restitution to its owner. ¹³ If it was torn apart, he must bring it as proof; he owes nothing for the torn animal.

¹⁴ If someone borrows an animal from a neighbor and it's injured or dies without the owner present, full repayment is required. ¹⁵ If its owner was with it, he owes nothing; if the animal was hired, the fee covers the loss.

A Young Woman's Honor

¹⁶ If a man entices an unengaged virgin and sleeps with her, he must pay bride price and marry her. ^a a v16 The bride-price was a customary payment made to the bride's father at the time of marriage. ¹⁷ If her father flatly refuses to give her to him, he must weigh silver equal to virgins' bride-price.

¹⁸ You shall not allow a sorceress to live.

¹⁹ Whoever has sexual relations with an animal must surely be put to death.

²⁰ Whoever sacrifices to any god other than me alone must be completely destroyed.

²¹ Do not wrong or oppress a foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

²² You shall not mistreat any widow or orphan. ²³ If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry. ²⁴ My anger will flare; I will kill you by the sword — your wives widows, your children fatherless.

²⁵ If you lend money to my people, the poor among you, don't be a creditor to him or charge him interest. ²⁶ If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, you must return it to him by sunset, ²⁷ It's his only covering, his cloak for his skin. What will he sleep in? When he cries out to me, I'll hear, for I'm compassionate.

²⁸ You shall not speak evil of our Father, nor curse a ruler of your people.

²⁹ Do not delay giving the fullness of your harvest and your juice. Give me the firstborn of your sons. ³⁰ Do the same with your ox and sheep: keep it with its mother seven days, then give it to me on the eighth day.

³¹ Be holy people to me. Do not eat meat torn by beasts in the field—throw it to the dogs.