The Lord reveals His laws pertaining to Stealing, destruction by fire, care of the property of others, borrowing, lascivious acts, sacrifices to false gods, afflicting widows, usury, reviling God, and the firstborn of men and of animals—The men of Israel are commanded to be holy.
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.
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 old 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.
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.
7 If a man shall
deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the
man’s house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.
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 neighbour’s goods.
9 For all manner of
trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any many
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 neighbour.
10 If a man deliver
unto his neighbour 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
neighbour’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 neighbour, 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.
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 be destroyed.
21 Thou shalt neither
vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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 neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the
sun goeth down;
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 cruse 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.
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