22 [a] “If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he shall repay five oxen for an ox, and (A)four sheep for a sheep.

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  1. Exodus 22:1 Ch 21:37 in Hebrew

Protection of Property

22 [a]“Whoever steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it must pay back(A) five head of cattle for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.

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  1. Exodus 22:1 In Hebrew texts 22:1 is numbered 21:37, and 22:2-31 is numbered 22:1-30.

And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods (A)I give to the poor. And if I have (B)defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it (C)fourfold.”

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But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord,(A) “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything,(B) I will pay back four times the amount.”(C)

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and he shall restore the lamb (A)fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.”

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He must pay for that lamb four times over,(A) because he did such a thing and had no pity.”

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31 but (A)if he is caught, he will pay (B)sevenfold;
    he will give all the goods of his house.

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31 Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,(A)
    though it costs him all the wealth of his house.

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(A)he shall confess his sin that he has committed.[a] (B)And he shall make full restitution for his wrong, adding a fifth to it and giving it to him to whom he did the wrong.

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  1. Numbers 5:7 Hebrew they shall confess their sin that they have committed

and must confess(A) the sin they have committed. They must make full restitution(B) for the wrong they have done, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the person they have wronged.

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Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean,
    but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.

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Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty,
    but from the strength of an ox(A) come abundant harvests.

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[a] The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “If anyone sins and (A)commits a breach of faith against the Lord by (B)deceiving his neighbor in (C)a matter of deposit or security, or through robbery, or (D)if he has oppressed his neighbor or (E)has found something lost and lied about it, (F)swearing falsely—in any of all the things that people do and sin thereby— if he has sinned and has realized his guilt and will restore (G)what he took by robbery or what he got by oppression or the deposit that was committed to him or the lost thing that he found or anything about which he has sworn falsely, he shall (H)restore it in full and shall add a fifth to it, and give it to him to whom it belongs on the day he realizes his guilt. And he shall bring to the priest as his compensation to the Lord (I)a ram without blemish out of the flock, or its equivalent, for a guilt offering.

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  1. Leviticus 6:1 Ch 5:20 in Hebrew

[a]The Lord said to Moses: “If anyone sins and is unfaithful to the Lord(A) by deceiving a neighbor(B) about something entrusted to them or left in their care(C) or about something stolen, or if they cheat(D) their neighbor, or if they find lost property and lie about it,(E) or if they swear falsely(F) about any such sin that people may commit— when they sin in any of these ways and realize their guilt, they must return(G) what they have stolen or taken by extortion, or what was entrusted to them, or the lost property they found, or whatever it was they swore falsely about. They must make restitution(H) in full, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the owner on the day they present their guilt offering.(I) And as a penalty they must bring to the priest, that is, to the Lord, their guilt offering,(J) a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value.(K)

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  1. Leviticus 6:1 In Hebrew texts 6:1-7 is numbered 5:20-26, and 6:8-30 is numbered 6:1-23.