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Chapter 22 |
| 1 | If a man shall
steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen
for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. |
| 2 | If a thief be found breaking
up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
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| 3 | If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he
should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his
theft. |
| 4 |
If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it
be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double. |
| 5 | If a man shall
cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall
feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of
his own vineyard, shall he make restitution. |
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6 | If fire break out, and
catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the
field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make
restitution. |
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| If a man shall deliver unto his neighbor money or stuff
to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let
him pay double. |
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8 | If the thief be not found, then the master of the
house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand
unto his neighbor's goods. |
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9 | For all manner of trespass, whether it
be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing
which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come
before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto
his neighbor. |
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10 | If a man deliver unto his neighbor an ass, or an
ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away,
no man seeing it: |
| 11 | Then shall an oath of the LORD be between
them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbor's goods; and the
owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good. |
| 12 |
And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner
thereof. |
| 13
| If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for
witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn. |
| 14 | And if a
man borrow ought of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof
being not with it, he shall surely make it good. |
| 15 | But if the
owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing,
it came for his hire. |
| 16 | And if a man entice a maid that is not
betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
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| 17 | If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money
according to the dowry of virgins. |
| 18 | Thou shalt not suffer a witch
to live. |
| 19
| Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to
death. |
| 20
| He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD
only, he shall be utterly destroyed. |
| 21 | Thou shalt neither vex a
stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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| 22 | Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. |
| 23 | If thou
afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their
cry; |
| 24 |
And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the
sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. |
| 25 |
If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be
to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. |
| 26 | If thou
at all take thy neighbor's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by
that the sun goeth down: |
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27 | For that is his covering only, it is
his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass,
when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. |
| 28 | Thou
shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. |
| 29 | Thou
shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the
firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me. |
| 30 | Likewise
shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with
his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me. |
| 31 | And ye shall
be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in
the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs. |
