1 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

2If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

3If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; forhe should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

4If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.

5If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.

6If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

7If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.

8If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.

9For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which anotherchallengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.

10If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:

11Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.

12And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

13If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.

14And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.

15But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it bean hired thing, it came for his hire.

16And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

17If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

18Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.

19Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

20He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

21Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

22Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

23If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

24And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

25If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

26If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:

27For that is his covering only, it is his raiment 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 gracious.

28Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.

29Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

30Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.

31And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.

1 If a man shal steale an oxe, or a sheepe, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore fiue oxen for an oxe, and foure sheepe for a sheepe.

2. And the woman conceiued, and bare a sonne: and when shee saw him that hee was a goodly childe, shee hid him three moneths

3If the Sunne be risen vpon him, there shall be blood shed for him: for hee should make full restitution: if he haue nothing, then he shall bee sold for his theft.

4If the theft be certainely found in his hand aliue, whether it bee oxe or asse, or sheepe, he shall restore double.

5 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feede in another mans field: of the best of his owne field, and of the best of his owne vineyard shall he make restitution.

6 If fire breake out, and catch in thornes, so that the stackes of corne, or the standing corne, or the field be consumed therewith; hee that kindled the fire, shall surely make restitution.

7 If a man shal deliuer vnto his neighbour money or stuffe to keepe, and it be stollen out of the mans house; if the thiefe be found, let him pay double.

8If the thiefe be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought vnto the Iudges, to see whether he haue put his hande vnto his neighbours goods.

9 For all maner of trespasse, whether it be for oxe, for asse, for sheepe, for raiment, or for any maner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his: the cause of both parties shall come before the Iudges, and whome the Iudges shall condemne, he shall pay double vnto his neighbour.

10 If a man deliuer vnto his neighbour an asse, or an oxe, or a sheepe, or any beast to keepe, and it die, or be hurt, or driuen away, no man seeing it,

11 hen shall an othe of the Lord be betweene them both, that hee hath not put his hand vnto his neighbours goods: and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.

12And if it be stollen from him, he shall make restitution vnto the owner thereof.

13 If it be torne in pieces, then let him bring it for witnesse, and hee shall not make good that which was torne.

14 And if a man borrowe ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.

15But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: If it bee an hired thing, it came for his hire.

16 And if a man entice a maide that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

17If her father vtterly refuse to giue her vnto him, he shall pay money according to the dowrie of virgins.

18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to liue.

19 Whosoeuer lieth with a beast, shall surely be put to death.

20 Hee that sacrificeth vnto any god saue vnto the Lord onely, hee shall be vtterly destroyed.

21 Thou shalt neither vexe a stranger, nor oppresse him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

22 Yee shall not afflict any widow, or fatherlesse child.

23If thou afflict them in any wise, and they crie at all vnto mee, I will surely heare their crie.

24And my wrath shall waxe hote, and I will kill you with the sword: and your wiues shall be widowes, and your children fatherlesse.

25If thou lend money to any of my people that is poore by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an vsurer, neither shalt thou lay vpon him vsurie.

26If thou at all take thy neighbors raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliuer it vnto him by that the sun goeth downe.

27For that is his couering onely, it is his raiment for his skinne: wherein shal he sleepe? and it shal come to passe, when he crieth vnto mee, that I will heare: for I am gracious.

28 Thou shalt not reuile the Gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.

29 Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the first borne of thy sonnes shalt thou giue vnto me.

30Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheepe: seuen dayes it shall be with his damme, on the eight day thou shalt giue it me.

31 And ye shall be holy men vnto me: neither shall ye eate any flesh that is torne of beasts in the field: yee shall cast it to the dogs.

I == 2nd Sam 12:6 ; Prov 6:31 ; Luke 19:8

 

II == Num 35:27 ; Matt 24:43

 

 

III == Ex 21:2

 

IV == Ex 21:16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VII == Ex 22:4

 

 

 

VIII == Ex 21:6 ; 22:28

 

 

 

IX == Deut 25:1 ; 2nd Chr 19:10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XI == Heb 6:16

 

 

 

XII == Gen 31:39

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XVI == Deut 22:28-29

 

 

XVII == Gen 23;16 ; 34:12 ; Deut 22:29 ; 1st Sam 18:25

 

XVIII == Lev 20:27 ; 1st Sam 28:3 , 9

XIX == Lev 18:23 ; 20:15

XX == Deut 17:2-3 , 5

 

XXI == Deut 10:19

XXII == Isa 1:17 , 23 ; 10:2 ; Zech 7:10 ; James 1:27

XXIII == Luke 18:7 ; James 5:4

 

XXIV == Lam 5:3

XXV == Lev 25:35-37 ; Ps 15:5

 

XXVI == Deut 24:6 , 10 , 13 17 ; Amos 2:8

XXVII == Ex 22:23 ; 34:6 ; 2nd Chr 30:9 ; Ps 66:15

 

 

XXVIII == Ex 22:8-9 ; Eccl 10:20 ; Acts 23:5 ; Jude 8

XXIX == Ex 13:2 , 12 ; 34:19

 

XXX == Lev 22:27

 

 

 

 

 

1 "(If a thief is caught in the act of housebreaking and beaten to death, there is no bloodguilt involved.

2 But if after sunrise he is thus beaten, there is bloodguilt.) He must make full restitution. If he has nothing, he shall be sold to pay for his theft.

3 If what he stole is found alive in his possession, be it an ox, an ass or a sheep, he shall restore two animals for each one stolen.

4 "When a man is burning over a field or a vineyard, if he lets the fire spread so that it burns in another's field, he must make restitution with the best produce of his own field or vineyard.

5 If the fire spreads further, and catches on to thorn bushes, so that shocked grain or standing grain or the field itself is burned up, the one who started the fire must make full restitution.

6 "When a man gives money or an article to another for safekeeping and it is stolen from the latter's house, the thief, if caught, must make twofold restitution.

7 If the thief is not caught, the owner of the house shall be brought to God, to swear that he himself did not lay hands on his neighbor's property.

8 In every question of dishonest appropriation, whether it be about an ox, or an ass, or a sheep, or a garment, or anything else that has disappeared, where another claims that the thing is his, both parties shall present their case before God; the one whom God convicts must make twofold restitution to the other.

9 "When a man gives an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any other animal to another for safekeeping, if it dies, or is maimed or snatched away, without anyone witnessing the fact,

10 the custodian shall swear by the LORD that he did not lay hands on his neighbor's property; the owner must accept the oath, and no restitution is to be made.

11 But if the custodian is really guilty of theft, he must make restitution to the owner.

12 If it has been killed by a wild beast, let him bring it as evidence, and he need not make restitution for the mangled animal.

13 "When a man borrows an animal from his neighbor, if it is maimed or dies while the owner is not present, the man must make restitution.

14 But if the owner is present, he need not make restitution. If it was hired, this was covered by the price of its hire.

15 "When a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he shall pay her marriage price and marry her.

16 If her father refuses to give her to him, he must still pay him the customary marriage price for virgins.

17 "You shall not let a sorceress live.

18 "Anyone who lies with an animal shall be put to death.

19 "Whoever sacrifices to any god, except to the LORD alone, shall be doomed.

20 "You shall not molest or oppress an alien, for you were once aliens yourselves in the land of Egypt.

21 You shall not wrong any widow or orphan.

22 If ever you wrong them and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry.

23 My wrath will flare up, and I will kill you with the sword; then your own wives will be widows, and your children orphans.

24 "If you lend money to one of your poor neighbors among my people, you shall not act like an extortioner toward him by demanding interest from him.

25 If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, you shall return it to him before sunset;

26 for this cloak of his is the only covering he has for his body. What else has he to sleep in? If he cries out to me, I will hear him; for I am compassionate.

27 "You shall not revile God, nor curse a prince of your people.

28 "You shall not delay the offering of your harvest and your press. You shall give me the first-born of your sons.

29 You must do the same with your oxen and your sheep; for seven days the firstling may stay with its mother, but on the eighth day you must give it to me.

30 "You shall be men sacred to me. Flesh torn to pieces in the field you shall not eat; throw it to the dogs.

This is a continuation of the previous chapter
(4. Rights of Property Ex. 21:33 = 22:15 )
V 1 is the restoration if a man kills or steals another man’s ox or sheep. The difference in penalty between v 1 and v 4 is that the latter is impulse and the former is premeditated, sold and more difficult to replace.

V 2 -4 give the rules regarding restitution for other theft, including selling the man as a slave to pay for them. A man was guiltless if he killed a thief in the night, but if he killed him in daytime when he could be seen and help procured, the slayer would in turn be guilty of homicide and be killed.

 

v 5. Restitution for livestock in another man’s field.

 

 

v 6. Restitution if one’s fire destroys another man’s field.

 

 

v 7-13 Restitution or not if one has delivered something to another to keep and it is lost, died or stolen under various situations and disputes. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

v 14,15. The difference in liability if the owner is present. 
5. Miscellaneous Laws Ex. 22:16 = 23:19.
Verses 16-31 Include the way to handle immorality, witches to be killed, bestiality, worship of false gods, afflicting widows or fatherless children, lending money, disrespect for God or rulers, offering of first fruits and first born, and forbidding eating meat from beasts found torn in the field. (They could use the fat for other purposes, but not for eating. Lev. 7:24) They are all pretty self explanatory.
Eating something that had died of itself was specified, Deut. 14:21, as giving the meat to the sojourner among them, or selling that which was torn to Gentiles. Ex. 22:31 commands that meat torn be thrown to the dogs. This would seem to indicate literal dogs, but the Deut. portion indicates actual Gentiles.
(This section continues in chapter 23.