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Regulations Regarding Theft, Borrowing, and Accidental Damage or Loss

22 [a] “‘If a man steals an ox or small livestock and slaughters it or sells it, he will make restitution with five cattle in place of the ox and with four sheep or goats in place of the small livestock. “‘If a thief is found in the act of breaking in and he is struck and he dies, there is not bloodguilt for him. (If the sun has risen over him, there is bloodguilt for him. He will make full restitution. If he does not have enough,[b] he will be sold for his theft. If indeed the stolen item is found in his possession[c] alive, from ox to donkey to small livestock, he will make double restitution.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 22:1 Exodus 22:1–31 in the English Bible is 21:37–22:30 in the Hebrew Bible
  2. Exodus 22:3 Literally “there is not to him”
  3. Exodus 22:4 Literally “in his hand”

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. If the thief is found (B)breaking in, and he is struck so that he dies, there shall be (C)no guilt for his bloodshed. If 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. If the theft is certainly (E)found alive in his hand, whether it is an ox or donkey or sheep, he shall (F)restore double.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 22:3 Sold as a slave