KJ3 Literal Translation
Exodus 22
1 Of theft. 5 Of damage. 7 Of trespasses. 14 Of borrowing. 16 Of fornication. 18 Of witchcraft. 19 Of bestiality. 20 Of idolatry. 21 Of strang-ers, widows, and fatherless.
1When a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for the ox, and four sheep for the sheep.
2If the thief is found breaking in, and is stricken and dies, no blood shall be shed for him;
3If the sun has risen on him, blood is due for him; repaying he shall repay. If he has nothing, then he should be sold for his theft.
4If finding the stolen thing is found in his hand alive, from ox to ass to flock animal, he shall pay double.
5When a man burns a field or a vineyard, and he lets loose his beast and it feeds another's field, he shall repay the best of his field and the best of his vineyard.
6When a fire breaks out and finds thorns, and a stack of grain, or standing grain, or the field is burned up, repaying the one kindling the fire shall repay.
7When a man gives silver or vessels to his neighbor to keep, and it is stolen from the man's house, if the thief is found, he shall repay double.
8If the thief is not found, the master of the house shall be brought to God, to see whether or not he put out his hand to his neighbor's goods.
9In every matter of transgression, for ox, for ass, for sheep, for clothing, for anything lost of which it is said that it is his, the case of both of them shall come to God. Whom God declares guilty, he shall repay double to his neighbor.
10When a man gives an ass or an ox to his neighbor, or a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies, or is injured, or is captured, no one seeing it,
11an oath of Jehovah shall be between them both, that he has not put his hand to his neighbor's goods. And its owner shall take it, and he shall not repay.
12And if it is indeed stolen from him, he shall repay to its owner.
13If it is completely torn in pieces, he shall bring it as a witness; he shall not repay that which was torn.
14And when a man borrows from his neighbor, and it is hurt, or dies, its owner not being with it, paying he shall repay.
15If its owner is with it, he shall not repay. If it is hired, it comes for its hire.
16And when a man lures a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, paying he shall pay her bride-price for a wife to himself.
17If refusing her father refuses to give her to him, he shall weigh money according to the bride-price of virgins.
18You shall not allow a sorceress to live.
19Anyone lying with an animal, dying he shall die.
20One sacrificing to a god shall be destroyed, unless it is only to Jehovah.
21You shall not be violent toward a sojourner. You shall not oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
22You shall not afflict an orphan or a widow.
23If afflicting you afflict him, if he at all cries to Me, hearing I will hear his cry,
24and My anger shall glow, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall become widows, and your sons orphans.
25If you lend money to my people, the poor one with you, you shall not be a creditor to him; you shall not put interest on him
26If you indeed take the clothing of your neighbor as a pledge, you shall return it to him by the going of the sun,
27for that is his only covering, that is his garment for his skin. In what shall he lie down? And it shall be, when he cries to Me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.
28You shall not revile God, and you shall not curse a ruler among your people.
29You shall not delay giving the fullness of your crops and juices of your vintage. You shall give to Me the first-born of your sons.
30So you shall do to your oxen, to your sheep: it shall be seven days with its mother; on the eighth day you shall give it to Me.
31And you shall be holy men to Me. And you shall not eat flesh torn in pieces; you shall throw it to the dogs.
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