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Property Laws
If a man steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it, he shall restore five oxen for the ox, and four sheep for the sheep.
If a man steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it, he shall restore five oxen for the ox, and four sheep for the sheep.
Protection of Property
“Whoever steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it must pay back five head of cattle for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.
“Whoever steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it must pay back five head of cattle for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.
If the thief be encountered breaking in, and be smitten so that he die, there shall be no blood-guiltiness for him.
“If a thief is caught breaking in at night and is struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed;
If the sun be risen on him, there shall be blood-guiltiness for him; he should have made full restitution: if he had nothing, he would have been sold for his theft.
but if it happens after sunrise, the defender is guilty of bloodshed.
“Anyone who steals must certainly make restitution, but if they have nothing, they must be sold to pay for their theft.
“Anyone who steals must certainly make restitution, but if they have nothing, they must be sold to pay for their theft.
If the stolen thing be actually found alive in his hand, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep, he shall restore double.
If the stolen animal is found alive in their possession — whether ox or donkey or sheep — they must pay back double.
If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and put in his cattle, and pasture in another man's field, of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard shall he make [it] good.
“If anyone grazes their livestock in a field or vineyard and lets them stray and they graze in someone else’s field, the offender must make restitution from the best of their own field or vineyard.
if fire break out, And seize the thorns, And the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field be consumed, he that kindled the fire shall fully make it good.
“If a fire breaks out and spreads into thornbushes so that it burns shocks of grain or standing grain or the whole field, the one who started the fire must make restitution.
-- If a man deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him restore double;
“If anyone gives a neighbor silver or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double.
if the thief be not found, the master of the house shall be brought before the judges, [to see] if he has not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.
As to all manner of fraud, -- as to ox, as to ass, as to sheep, as to clothing, as to everything lost, of which [a man] saith, It is this -- the cause of both parties shall come before the judges: he whom the judges shall condemn shall restore double to his neighbour.
If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any cattle, to keep, and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, and no man see [it],
“If anyone gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep or any other animal to their neighbor for safekeeping and it dies or is injured or is taken away while no one is looking,
an oath of Jehovah shall be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept it, and he shall not make [it] good.
the issue between them will be settled by the taking of an oath before the Lord that the neighbor did not lay hands on the other person’s property. The owner is to accept this, and no restitution is required.
But if it have been stolen from him, he shall make [it] good unto its owner.
But if the animal was stolen from the neighbor, restitution must be made to the owner.
If it have been torn in pieces, let him bring it [as] witness: he shall not make good what was torn.
If it was torn to pieces by a wild animal, the neighbor shall bring in the remains as evidence and shall not be required to pay for the torn animal.
-- And if a man borrow anything of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, its owner not being with it, he shall fully make it good;
“If anyone borrows an animal from their neighbor and it is injured or dies while the owner is not present, they must make restitution.
if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make [it] good; if it be a hired [thing], it came for its hire.
But if the owner is with the animal, the borrower will not have to pay. If the animal was hired, the money paid for the hire covers the loss.
Laws of Social Responsibility
And if a man seduce a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall certainly endow her, to be his wife.
And if a man seduce a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall certainly endow her, to be his wife.
Social Responsibility
“If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride-price, and she shall be his wife.
“If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride-price, and she shall be his wife.
If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall weigh money according to the dowry of virgins.
If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he must still pay the bride-price for virgins.
Every one that lieth with a beast shall certainly be put to death.
“Anyone who has sexual relations with an animal is to be put to death.
-- He that sacrificeth to [any] god, save to Jehovah only, shall be devoted to destruction.
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.
“Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner, for you were foreigners in Egypt.
Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.
“Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless.
If thou afflict him in any way, if he cry at all unto me, I will certainly hear his cry;
If you do and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry.
and my anger shall burn, and I will slay you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
My anger will be aroused, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless.
if thou lend money to my people, the poor with thee,thou shalt not be to him as a usurer: ye shall charge him no interest.
“If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a business deal; charge no interest.
-- If thou at all take thy neighbour's garment in pledge, thou shalt return it to him before the sun goes down;
If you take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, return it by sunset,
for that is his only covering, his garment for his skin: on what shall he lie down? And it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
because that cloak is the only covering your neighbor has. What else can they sleep in? When they cry out to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.
Thou shalt not revile the judges, nor curse a prince amongst thy people.
-- Thou shalt not delay the fulness of thy [threshing-floor] and the outflow of thy [winepress]. The firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
Likewise shalt thou do with thy calf, with thy sheep: seven days shall it be with its dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.
Do the same with your cattle and your sheep. Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but give them to me on the eighth day.