Exodus 22:1-9

1“1If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for the ox and 2four sheep for the sheep.

2“3If the 4thief is 5caught while breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no bloodguiltiness on his account. 3But if the sun has risen on him, there will be bloodguiltiness on his account. He shall surely make restitution; if he owns nothing, then he shall be 6sold for his theft. 4If what he stole is actually found alive in his 7possession, whether an ox or a donkey or a sheep, 8he shall pay double.

5“If a man lets a field or vineyard be grazed bare and lets his animal loose so that it grazes in another man’s field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.

6“If a fire breaks out and spreads to thorn bushes, so that stacked grain or the standing grain or the field itself is consumed, he who started the fire shall surely make restitution.

7“9If a man gives his neighbor money or goods to keep for him and it is stolen from the man’s house, if the thief is 10caught, he shall pay double. 8If the thief is not 11caught, then the owner of the house shall 12appear before 1314the judges, to determine whether he 15laid his hands on his neighbor’s property. 9For every 16breach of trust, whether it is for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any lost thing about which one says, ‘This is it,’ the 17case of both parties shall come before 1819the judges; he whom 20the judges condemn shall pay double to his neighbor.