Exodus 22:1-3

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Laws of Restitution

22 ^[a] When someone steals an ox or a sheep, and slaughters it or sells it, the thief shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.^[b] The thief shall make restitution, but if unable to do so, shall be sold for the theft.

²^[c] If a thief is found breaking in, and is beaten to death, no bloodguilt is incurred; ³but if it happens after sunrise, bloodguilt is incurred.

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Footnotes

Exodus 22:1 Ch 21.37 in Heb
Exodus 22:1 Verses 2, 3, and 4 rearranged thus: 3b, 4, 2, 3a
Exodus 22:2 Ch 22.1 in Heb

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