Property Rights

1 (a)If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for the ox and (A)four sheep for the sheep.
2 (b)If the (B)thief is (c)caught while breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no bloodguiltiness on his account. 3 But 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 (C)sold for his theft. 4 If what he stole is actually found alive in his (d)possession, whether an ox or a donkey or a sheep, (D)he shall pay double.

Footnotes:

a. Exodus 22:1: ['Ch 21:37 in Heb']
b. Exodus 22:2: ['Ch 22:1 in Heb']
c. Exodus 22:2: ['Lit ', found]
d. Exodus 22:4: ['Lit ', hand]

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