⁶ then his master is to bring him before the judges^[a] and he is to bring him to the door or to the doorpost. His master is to pierce his ear with an awl, and he is to serve him permanently.

⁸ If the thief is not found, the owner of the house is to appear before the judges^[a] to see^[b] whether or not the thief took^[c] his neighbor’s property.

⁹ “In every ownership dispute^[d] involving an ox, donkey, sheep, garment, or anything that is lost where a person says, ‘This is mine,’^[e] the case between the two of them is to come before the judges,^[f] and the one that the judges^[g] declare guilty is to repay double to his neighbor.