1If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it , or sell it ; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. 2If the thief be found breaking in , and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him . 3If the sun be risen upon him , there shall be bloodguiltiness for him ; he shall make restitution : if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft . 4If the theft be found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep, he shall pay double.
Laws Regarding Personal Injury and Liability
5If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten , and shall let his beast loose, and it 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 . 6If fire break out , and catch in thorns, so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution . 7If 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 , he shall pay double. 8If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall come near unto God , to see whether he have not put his hand unto his neighbor ’s goods. 9For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox , for ass , for sheep , for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing , whereof one saith, This is it , the cause of both parties shall come before God ; he whom God shall condemn shall pay double unto his neighbor . 10If 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 : 11the oath of Jehovah shall be between them both, whether he hath not put his hand unto his neighbor’s goods; and the owner thereof shall accept it , and he shall not make restitution . 12But if it be stolen from him , he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof. 13If it be torn in pieces , let him bring it for witness: he shall not make good that which was torn . 14And if a man borrow aught of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof not being with it , he shall surely make restitution . 15If the owner thereof be with it , he shall not make it good: if it be a hired thing , it came for its hire.
Social Justice and Fair Treatment
16And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her , he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife. 17If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him , he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. 18Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live. 19Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. 20He that sacrificeth unto any god , save unto Jehovah only , shall be utterly destroyed. 21And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him : for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt. 22Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. 23If thou afflict them at all , and they cry at all unto me , I will surely hear their cry; 24and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows , and your children fatherless.
Religious and Moral Obligations
25If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest. 26If thou at all take thy neighbor’s garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goeth down : 27for that is his only covering, it is his garment 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. 28Thou shalt not revile God , nor curse a ruler of thy people . 29Thou shalt not delay to offer of thy harvest, and of the outflow of thy presses. The first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me . 30Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with its dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me . 31And ye shall be holy men unto me: therefore ye shall not eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.