In any case of wrongdoing involving an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or anything else lost, and someone claims, ‘That’s mine,’[a] the case between the two parties is to come before the judges.[b] The one the judges condemn[c] must repay double to his neighbor.

10 “When a man gives his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any other animal to care for, but it dies, is injured, or is stolen, while no one is watching, 11 there must be an oath before the Lord between the two of them to determine whether or not he has taken his neighbor’s property. Its owner must accept the oath, and the other man does not have to make restitution.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 22:9 Lit That is it
  2. Exodus 22:9 Or before God
  3. Exodus 22:9 Or one whom God condemns

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