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Laws Concerning Theft of Personal Property

22 [a]“If a man steals an ox or sheep and slaughters it or sells it, he is to repay five oxen[b] for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.

“If a thief is found while breaking into a house,[c] and is struck down and dies, it is not a capital crime[d] in that case,[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 22:1 This verse is 21:37 in MT
  2. Exodus 22:1 Or cattle
  3. Exodus 22:2 Lit. while breaking in
  4. Exodus 22:2 Lit. dies, there is no bloodguilt
  5. Exodus 22:2 Lit. for him or for it