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.