Berean Standard Bible

Exodus 22:1-6

1“Ifכִּ֤יkiH3588a manאִישׁ֙'ishH376stealsיִגְנֹֽב־yig.nov-H1589an oxשׁ֣וֹרShorH7794orאוֹ־'ov-H176a sheepשֶׂ֔הSehH7716and slaughtersוּטְבָח֖וֹu.te.va.ChoH2873orא֣וֹ'oH176sells itמְכָר֑וֹme.kha.RoH4376,he must repayיְשַׁלֵּם֙ye.sha.LemH7999fiveחֲמִשָּׁ֣הcha.mi.ShahH2568oxenבָקָ֗רva.KarH1241forH8478an oxהַשּׁ֔וֹרha.ShorH7794and fourוְאַרְבַּע־ve.'ar.ba'-H702sheepהַשֶּֽׂה׃ha.SehH7716for a sheepצֹ֖אןtzonH6629.

2IfH518a thiefהַגַּנָּ֖בha.ga.NavH1590is caughtיִמָּצֵ֥אyi.ma.Tze'H4672breaking inבַּמַּחְתֶּ֛רֶתba.mach.Te.retH4290and is beatenוְהֻכָּ֣הve.hu.KahH5221to deathוָמֵ֑תva.MetH4191,no oneH369shall be guilty of bloodshedH1818.

3But ifH518it happens after sunriseזָרְחָ֥ה הַשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ עָלָ֖יוza.re.Chah ha.She.mesh 'a.LavH2224 H8121 H5921,there is guilt for his bloodshedדָּמִ֣יםda.MimH1818.A thief must make full restitutionH7999;ifH518he has nothingאֵ֣ין'einH369,he himself shall be soldוְנִמְכַּ֖רve.nim.KarH4376for his theftH1591.

4If what was stolenאִֽם־ הַגְּנֵבָ֗ה'im- ha.ge.ne.VahH518 H1591is actually foundH4672aliveחַיִּ֑יםchai.YimH2416in his possessionבְיָד֜וֹve.ya.DoH3027—whether oxמִשּׁ֧וֹרmi.ShorH7794orעַד־'ad-H5704donkeyחֲמ֛וֹרcha.MorH2543orעַד־'ad-H5704sheepשֶׂ֖הsehH7716—he must pay backH7999doubleשְׁנַ֖יִםshe.Na.yimH8147.

5IfH3588a manאִישׁ֙'ishH376grazes his livestockH1197in a fieldH7704orH176vineyardכֶ֔רֶםKhe.remH3754and allows themבְּעִיר֔וֹbe.'i.roH1165to strayוְשִׁלַּח֙ve.shi.LachH7971H853so that they grazeH1197in someone else’sאַחֵ֑ר'a.CherH312fieldH7704,he must make restitutionH7999from the bestמֵיטַ֥בmei.TavH4315of his own fieldוּמֵיטַ֥בu.mei.TavH7704 H4315or vineyardכַּרְמ֖וֹkar.MoH3754.

6IfH3588a fireאֵ֜שׁ'eshH784breaks outתֵצֵ֨אte.Tze'H3318and spreadsH4672to thornbushesקֹצִים֙ko.TzimH6975so that it consumesוְנֶאֱכַ֣לve.ne.'e.KhalH398stackedגָּדִ֔ישׁga.DishH1430orH176standing grainהַקָּמָ֖הha.ka.MahH7054,orH176the whole fieldהַשָּׂדֶ֑הha.sa.DehH7704,the one who startedהַמַּבְעִ֖רha.mav.'IrH1197אֶת־'et-H853the fireהַבְּעֵרָֽה׃ סha.be.'e.RahH1200must make full restitutionH7999.

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