⁴ If the stolen animal is found alive in their possession^(A)—whether ox or donkey or sheep—they must pay back double.^(B)

⁹ In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any other lost property about which somebody says, ‘This is mine,’ both parties are to bring their cases before the judges.^[a](A) The one whom the judges declare^[b] guilty must pay back double to the other.

⁷ “If anyone gives a neighbor silver or goods for safekeeping^(A) and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double.^(B)

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.

¹⁶ “Anyone who kidnaps someone is to be put to death,^(A) whether the victim has been sold^(B) or is still in the kidnapper’s possession.

¹⁸ I will repay^(A) them double^(B) for their wickedness and their sin, because they have defiled my land^(C) with the lifeless forms of their vile images^(D) and have filled my inheritance with their detestable idols.^(E)”^(F)