Exodus 22

Young's Literal Translation

22 `When a man doth steal an ox or sheep, and hath slaughtered it or sold it, five of the herd he doth repay for the ox, and four of the flock for the sheep.

²`If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he hath been smitten, and hath died, there is no blood for him;

³if the sun hath risen upon him, blood [is] for him, he doth certainly repay; if he have nothing, then he hath been sold for his theft;

⁴if the theft is certainly found in his hand alive, whether ox, or ass, or sheep -- double he repayeth.

⁵`When a man depastureth a field or vineyard, and hath sent out his beast, and it hath pastured in the field of another, [of] the best of his field, and the best of his vineyard, he doth repay.

⁶`When fire goeth forth, and hath found thorns, and a stack, or the standing corn, or the field, hath been consumed, he who causeth the burning doth certainly repay.

⁷`When a man doth give unto his neighbour silver, or vessels to keep, and it hath been stolen out of the man's house; if the thief is found, he repayeth double.

⁸`If the thief is not found, then the master of the house hath been brought near unto God, whether he hath not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbour;

⁹for every matter of transgression, for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, for any lost thing of which it is said that it is his; unto God cometh the matter of them both; he whom God doth condemn, he repayeth double to his neighbour.

¹⁰`When a man doth give unto his neighbour an ass, or ox, or sheep, or any beast to keep, and it hath died, or hath been hurt, or taken captive, none seeing --

¹¹an oath of Jehovah is between them both, that he hath not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbour, and its owner hath accepted, and he doth not repay;

¹²but if it is certainly stolen from him, he doth repay to its owner;

¹³if it is certainly torn, he bringeth it in -- a witness; the torn thing he doth not repay.

¹⁴`And when a man doth ask [anything] from his neighbour, and it hath been hurt or hath died -- its owner not being with it -- he doth certainly repay;

¹⁵if its owner [is] with it, he doth not repay, -- if it [is] a hired thing, it hath come for its hire.

¹⁶`And when a man doth entice a virgin who [is] not betrothed, and hath lain with her, he doth certainly endow her to himself for a wife;

¹⁷if her father utterly refuse to give her to him, money he doth weigh out according to the dowry of virgins.

¹⁸`A witch thou dost not keep alive.

¹⁹`Whoever lieth with a beast is certainly put to death.

²⁰`He who is sacrificing to a god, save to Jehovah alone, is devoted.

²¹`And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, nor crush him, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.

²²`Any widow or orphan ye do not afflict;

²³if thou dost really afflict him, surely if he at all cry unto Me, I certainly hear his cry;

²⁴and Mine anger hath burned, and I have slain you by the sword, and your wives have been widows, and your sons orphans.

²⁵`If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury;

²⁶if thou dost at all take in pledge the garment of thy neighbour, during the going in of the sun thou dost return it to him:

²⁷for it alone is his covering, it [is] his garment for his skin; wherein doth he lie down? and it hath come to pass, when he doth cry unto Me, that I have heard, for I [am] gracious.

²⁸`God thou dost not revile, and a prince among thy people thou dost not curse.

²⁹`Thy fulness and thy liquids thou dost not delay; the first-born of thy sons thou dost give to Me;

³⁰so thou dost to thine ox, to thy sheep; seven days it is with its dam, on the eighth day thou dost give it to Me.

³¹`And ye are holy men to Me, and flesh torn in the field ye do not eat, to a dog ye do cast it.

Shemot 22

Orthodox Jewish Bible

22 ^(21:37)If a ganav takes a shor, or a seh, and slaughter it, or sell it; he shall restore five cattle for an ox, and the seh.

²⁽¹⁾If a ganav be caught breaking in, and be struck down so that he die, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him.

³⁽²⁾If the shemesh be risen upon him, there shall be guilt of bloodshed; the ganav should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then the ganav shall be sold to make restitution for his theft.

⁴⁽³⁾If the theft be certainly found in his yad chayyim, whether it be ox, or donkey, or seh; he shall pay back double.

⁵⁽⁴⁾If a man shall allow livestock to graze over a sadeh or kerem (vineyard), or he lets it loose and it graze over the sadeh of another, then from the best of his own sadeh, and of the best of his own kerem (vineyard), shall he make restitution.

⁶⁽⁵⁾If eish break out, and spreads in kotzim (thorns), so that the stacks of grain, or the standing grain, or the sadeh, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the eish shall surely make restitution.

⁷⁽⁶⁾If an ish shall give unto his re’a kesef or vessels to be shomer over, and it be stolen out of the bais haish; if the ganav be found, let him pay back double.

⁸⁽⁷⁾If the ganav be not found, then the ba’al habais shall be brought before HaElohim, to see whether he has put his yad on the property of his neighbor.

⁹⁽⁸⁾For all manner of pesha (trespass, liability), whether it be for ox, for donkey, for seh, for clothing, or for any manner of avedah (lost property, missing thing) which another says, This is it, the case of both shall come before HaElohim; and whom Elohim shall condemn, he shall pay back double unto his re’a.

¹⁰⁽⁹⁾If an ish deliver unto his re’a a donkey, or an ox, or a seh, or any behemah, to be shomer over; and it die, or be injured, or carried away, with no eye witness;

¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾Then shall a shevuat Hashem be between them both, that he hath not laid his yad on the property of his re’a; and the property’s ba’al shall accept thereof, and he shall not make restitution.

¹²⁽¹¹⁾And if it be certainly stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the ba’al thereof.

¹³⁽¹²⁾If it be indeed tarof (torn by a wild animal, predator), then let him bring it for ed (witness), and he shall not make restitution for the terefah (torn animal).

¹⁴⁽¹³⁾And if an ish asks to borrow of his re’a, and the animal borrowed be injured, or die, the ba’al thereof being not with it, he shall surely make restitution.

¹⁵⁽¹⁴⁾But if the ba’al thereof be with it, he shall not make restitution; if it be sakhir (rented, hired), it came for its hire.

¹⁶⁽¹⁵⁾And if an ish entice a betulah that is not orasah (betrothed, pledged), and lie with her, he shall surely endow her with a marriage contract as his isha.

¹⁷⁽¹⁶⁾If her av utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay kesef according to the mohar habetulah (marriage contract, dowry of the virgins).

¹⁸⁽¹⁷⁾Thou shalt not allow a mekhashefah (witch, sorceress) to live.

¹⁹⁽¹⁸⁾Kol shochev (every one having sexual relations) with a behemah shall surely be put to death.

²⁰⁽¹⁹⁾He that sacrificeth unto elohim (the g-ds), other than unto Hashem only, he shall be destroyed.

²¹⁽²⁰⁾Thou shalt neither mistreat a ger, nor oppress him; for ye were gerim in Eretz Mitzrayim.

²²⁽²¹⁾Ye shall not cause pain to any almanah, or yatom.

²³⁽²²⁾If thou cause them pain in any way, and they cry at all unto Me, I will surely hear their cry;

²⁴⁽²³⁾And My wrath shall be kindled, and I will kill you with the cherev; and your nashim shall be almanot, and your banim shall be yetomim.

²⁵⁽²⁴⁾If thou lend kesef to any of My people that is poor among thee, thou shalt not be to him as a nosheh (a usurer), neither shalt thou lay upon him neshekh (usury, interest).

²⁶⁽²⁵⁾If thou at all take the cloak of thy re’a as security, thou shalt return it unto him by bo hashemesh (sunset);

²⁷⁽²⁶⁾For that is his covering only, it is his cloak for his skin; wherein shall he sleep? And it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto Me, that I will hear; for I am channun (compassionate).

²⁸⁽²⁷⁾Thou shalt not revile Elohim, nor curse the nasi of thy people.

²⁹⁽²⁸⁾Thou shalt not delay to offer thy fullness offering (i.e., bikkurim) or thy kohen’s heave offering (i.e. terumah); the bechor of thy banim shalt thou present unto Me.

³⁰⁽²⁹⁾Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy tzon; shivat yamim it shall be with its em; on the yom hashemi’ni thou shalt give it Me.

³¹⁽³⁰⁾And ye shall be anshei kodesh unto Me; neither shall ye eat any basar that is terefah (torn of beasts) in the sadeh; ye shall cast it to the kelev (dog).

Exodus 22

New King James Version

Responsibility for Property

22 “If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and slaughters it or sells it, he shall ^(A)restore five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep. ²If the thief is found ^(B)breaking in, and he is struck so that he dies, there shall be ^(C)no guilt for his bloodshed. ³If the sun has risen on him, there shall be guilt for his bloodshed. He should make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be ^(D)sold^[a] for his theft. ⁴If the theft is certainly ^(E)found alive in his hand, whether it is an ox or donkey or sheep, he shall ^(F)restore double.

⁵“If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed, and lets loose his animal, and it feeds in another man’s field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.

⁶“If fire breaks out and catches in thorns, so that stacked grain, standing grain, or the field is consumed, he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

⁷“If a man ^(G)delivers to his neighbor money or articles to keep, and it is stolen out of the man’s house, ^(H)if the thief is found, he shall pay double. ⁸If the thief is not found, then the master of the house shall be brought to the ^(I)judges to see whether he has put his hand into his neighbor’s goods.

⁹“For any kind of trespass, whether it concerns an ox, a donkey, a sheep, or clothing, or for any kind of lost thing which another claims to be his, the ^(J)cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whomever the judges condemn shall pay double to his neighbor. ¹⁰If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies, is hurt, or driven away, no one seeing it, ¹¹then an ^(K)oath of the Lord shall be between them both, that he has not put his hand into his neighbor’s goods; and the owner of it shall accept that, and he shall not make it good. ¹²But ^(L)if, in fact, it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner of it. ¹³If it is ^(M)torn to pieces by a beast, then he shall bring it as evidence, and he shall not make good what was torn.

¹⁴“And if a man borrows anything from his neighbor, and it becomes injured or dies, the owner of it not being with it, he shall surely make it good. ¹⁵If its owner was with it, he shall not make it good; if it was hired, it came for its hire.

Moral and Ceremonial Principles

¹⁶^(N)“If a man entices a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he shall surely pay the bride-price for her to be his wife. ¹⁷If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the ^(O)bride-price of virgins.

¹⁸^(P)“You shall not permit a sorceress to live.

¹⁹^(Q)“Whoever lies with an animal shall surely be put to death.

²⁰^(R)“He who sacrifices to any god, except to the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

²¹^(S)“You shall neither mistreat a ^[b]stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

²²^(T)“You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child. ²³If you afflict them in any way, and they ^(U)cry at all to Me, I will surely ^(V)hear their cry; ²⁴and My ^(W)wrath will become hot, and I will kill you with the sword; ^(X)your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

²⁵^(Y)“If you lend money to any of My people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him ^(Z)interest. ²⁶^(AA)If you ever take your neighbor’s garment as a pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down. ²⁷For that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What will he sleep in? And it will be that when he cries to Me, I will hear, for I am ^(AB)gracious.

²⁸^(AC)“You shall not revile God, nor curse a ^(AD)ruler of your people.

²⁹“You shall not delay to offer ^(AE)the first of your ripe produce and your juices. ^(AF)The firstborn of your sons you shall give to Me. ³⁰^(AG)Likewise you shall do with your oxen and your sheep. It shall be with its mother ^(AH)seven days; on the eighth day you shall give it to Me.

³¹“And you shall be ^(AI)holy men to Me: ^(AJ)you shall not eat meat torn by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.

Footnotes

Exodus 22:3 Sold as a slave
Exodus 22:21 sojourner

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Exodus 22 Young's Literal Translation

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