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$Title{Old Testament, The
Chapter 22}
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$Date{1885}
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Title: Old Testament, The
Book: Exodus
Author: Various
Date: 1885
Chapter 22
If 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. If the thief be found
breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no ^4
bloodguiltiness for him. If 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. If the theft be found in his hand alive, whether
it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall pay double.
[Footnote 4: Heb. blood.]
If 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.
If 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.
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, he shall pay double.
If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall come near unto
^1 God, to see whether he have not put his hand unto his neighbor's goods. For
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 ^1 God; he whom ^1 God shall condemn
shall pay double unto his neighbor.
[Footnote 1: Or, the judges]
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: the
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. But if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution
unto the owner thereof. If it be torn in pieces, let him bring it for
witness; he shall not make good that which was torn.
And if a man ^2 borrow aught of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, the
owner thereof not being with it, he shall surely make restitution. If the
owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be a hired thing,
^3 it came for its hire.
[Footnote 2: Heb. ask.]
[Footnote 3: Or, it is reckoned in (Heb. cometh into) its hire]
And 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. If her father utterly refuse
to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live.
Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto Jehovah only, shall be ^4
utterly destroyed. And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou
oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt. Ye shall not
afflict any widow, or fatherless child. If thou afflict them at all, and they
cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; and my wrath shall wax hot,
and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your
children fatherless.
[Footnote 4: Heb. devoted.]
If 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. If thou
at all take thy neighbor's garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him
before the sun goeth down: for 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.
Thou shalt not revile ^1 God, nor curse a ruler of thy people. Thou
shalt not delay to offer of ^5 thy harvest, and of the outflow of thy presses.
The first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me. Likewise 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. And 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.
[Footnote 1: Or, the judges]
[Footnote 5: Heb. thy fulness and thy tear.]