⁶ “If a fire breaks out and spreads into thornbushes so that it burns shocks^(A) of grain or standing grain or the whole field, the one who started the fire must make restitution.^(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.

³⁰ Then he said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley^(A) there. Go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.

³¹ Then Joab did go to Absalom’s house, and he said to him, “Why have your servants set my field on fire?^(B)”

⁴ So he went out and caught three hundred foxes^(A) and tied them tail to tail in pairs. He then fastened a torch^(B) to every pair of tails, ⁵ lit the torches^(C) and let the foxes loose in the standing grain of the Philistines. He burned up the shocks^(D) and standing grain, together with the vineyards and olive groves.

¹² But if the animal was stolen from the neighbor, restitution^(A) must be made to the owner.

³³ “If anyone uncovers a pit^(A) or digs one and fails to cover it and an ox or a donkey falls into it, ³⁴ the one who opened the pit must pay the owner for the loss and take the dead animal in exchange.