Exodus 22:4-9
New International Version
4 If the stolen animal is found alive in their possession(A)—whether ox or donkey or sheep—they must pay back double.(B)
5 “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(C) from the best of their own field or vineyard.
6 “If a fire breaks out and spreads into thornbushes so that it burns shocks(D) of grain or standing grain or the whole field, the one who started the fire must make restitution.(E)
7 “If anyone gives a neighbor silver or goods for safekeeping(F) and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double.(G) 8 But if the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges,(H) and they must[a] determine whether the owner of the house has laid hands on the other person’s property. 9 In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any other lost property about which somebody says, ‘This is mine,’ both parties are to bring their cases before the judges.[b](I) The one whom the judges declare[c] guilty must pay back double to the other.
Footnotes
- Exodus 22:8 Or before God, and he will
- Exodus 22:9 Or before God
- Exodus 22:9 Or whom God declares
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