New American Standard Bible 2020

Exodus 22:4-16

4If what he stole is actually found alive in his 1possession, whether an ox or a donkey or a sheep, 2he shall pay double.

5“If someone lets a field or vineyard be grazed bare and lets his animal loose so that it grazes in another person’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, and stacked grain or the standing grain or the field itself is consumed, the one who started the fire must make restitution.

7“3If someone gives his neighbor money or goods to keep for him and it is stolen from the 4neighbor’s house, if the thief is 5caught, then the thief shall pay double. 8If the thief is not 6caught, then the owner of the house shall 7appear before 8 9the judges, to determine whether he 10laid his hands on his neighbor’s property. 9For every 11breach 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 12case of both parties shall come before 13 14the judges; he whom 15the judges condemn shall pay double to his neighbor.

10“If someone gives his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep for him, and it dies or is injured or is driven away while no one is looking, 11an 16oath before the Lord shall be 17taken by the two of them 18that he has not 19laid a hand on his neighbor’s property; and its owner shall accept it, and he shall not be compelled to make restitution. 12But if it is actually stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner. 13If it is all torn to pieces, have him bring it as evidence; he shall not be compelled to make restitution for what has been torn to pieces.

14“And if someone 20borrows an animal from his neighbor, and it is injured or dies while its owner is not with it, he shall make full restitution. 15If its owner is with it, the borrower shall not be compelled to make restitution. If it is hired, it 21came by its hire.

16“22If a man seduces a virgin who is not 23betrothed and sleeps with her, he must pay a 24dowry for her to be his wife.

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Notes

1. Exodus 22:4 Lit hand ↩
2. Exodus 22:4 Ex 22:7 ↩
3. Exodus 22:7 Lev 6:1-7 ↩
4. Exodus 22:7 Lit man’s ↩
5. Exodus 22:7 Lit found ↩
6. Exodus 22:8 Lit found ↩
7. Exodus 22:8 Lit approach to ↩
8. Exodus 22:8 Or God ↩
9. Exodus 22:8 Ex 22:9; Deut 17:8, 9; 19:17 ↩
10. Exodus 22:8 Lit stretched his hand ↩
11. Exodus 22:9 Or matter of wrongdoing ↩
12. Exodus 22:9 Lit matter ↩
13. Exodus 22:9 Or God ↩
14. Exodus 22:9 Ex 22:8, 28; Deut 25:1 ↩
15. Exodus 22:9 Or God ↩
16. Exodus 22:11 Heb 6:16 ↩
17. Exodus 22:11 Lit between the two ↩
18. Exodus 22:11 Lit if ↩
19. Exodus 22:11 Lit reached out his hand ↩
20. Exodus 22:14 Lit asks ↩
21. Exodus 22:15 I.e., the fee covers the loss ↩
22. Exodus 22:16 Deut 22:28, 29 ↩
23. Exodus 22:16 A betrothed couple was considered legally married, but did not yet live together ↩
24. Exodus 22:16 I.e., bride-price ↩

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