Exodus 22

CHAPTER 22

1If any man stealeth a sheep, or ox, and slayeth, or selleth, he shall restore five oxen for one ox, and four sheep for one sheep.

2And if a night thief breaking into an house, either undermining, is found, and he taken is dead by a wound, or hurt, the smiter shall not be guilty of his blood, or death;

3that if he did this when the sun was risen, he did manslaying, and he shall die. If a thief have not that, that he shall yield for [the] theft, he shall be sold;

4if that thing that he stole, is found quick at him, either ox, either ass, either sheep, he shall restore the double.

5If a man harmeth a field, or a vinery [or vineyard], and suffereth his beast, that it waste other men’s things, he shall restore for the value of [the] harm, the best things what-ever he hath in his field, either in his vinery [or vineyard].

6If fire goeth out, and findeth, or burneth, ears of corn, and catcheth heaps of corn, or corns standing in fields, he that kindled the fire shall yield the harm.

7If a man betaketh into keeping money to a friend, or a vessel, and it is taken away by theft from him that received it, if the thief is found, he shall restore the double.

8If the thief is hid, or unknown, the lord of the house that received that good shall be brought to the gods, that is, to judges, and he shall swear, that he held not forth his hand into his neighbour’s thing, to defraud;

9as well in ox, as in ass, and in sheep, and in clothes; and in what-ever thing may bring in harm, the cause of ever either shall come to the judges, and if they deem him guilty, he shall restore the double to his neighbour.

10If any man betaketh to his neighbour ox, ass, sheep, and all work beast to keeping, and it is dead, or is made feeble, or is taken of enemies, and no man seeth this,

11an oath shall be in the midst, that he held not forth his hand to the impairing of his neighbour’s thing; and the lord that owned that good shall receive his oath, and he to whom it was taken shall not be compelled to yield, or restore it.

12That if it is taken away by theft, he shall restore the harm to the lord;

13if it is eaten of a beast, he shall bring to the lord that that is slain, and he shall not restore it otherwise.

14He that asketh of his neighbour anything of these foresaid things by borrowing, and it is enfeebled, either dead, while the lord thereof is not present, he shall be constrained to yield it;

15that if the lord is in presence, he shall not restore it, mostly if it came hired, that is, if to hire he took it, for meed of his work.

16If a man deceiveth a virgin not yet wedded, and sleepeth with her, he shall give dower to her, and shall have her to wife.

17If the father of the virgin will not give her to him, he shall give money, by the manner of dower, which virgins were wont to take.

18Thou shalt not suffer witches to live.

19He that doeth lechery with a beast, die he by death.

20He that offereth to gods, except to the Lord alone, be he slain.

21Thou shalt not make sorrowful a comeling, neither thou shalt torment him; for also ye were comelings in the land of Egypt.

22Ye shall not harm a widow, and a fatherless or a motherless child.

23If ye hurt them, they shall cry to me, and I shall hear the cry of them,

24and my great vengeance shall have indignation on you, and I shall smite you with sword, and your wives shall be widows, and your sons shall be fatherless.

25If thou givest money to loan to my poor people, that dwelleth with thee, thou shalt not constrain him as an extortioner doeth, neither thou shalt oppress him by usuries.

26If thou takest of thy neighbour a cloth to wed or a cloak for a pledge, thou shalt yield it to him before the going down of the sun;

27for that alone is the clothing of his flesh, with which he is covered, neither he hath another, in which he shall sleep; if he crieth to me, I shall hear him; for I am merciful.

28Thou shalt not backbite [the] gods, that is, priests, or judges, and thou shalt not curse the prince of thy people.

29Thou shalt not tarry to offer to the Lord thy tithes, and thy first fruits. Thou shalt give to me the first begotten of thy sons;

30also of [thine] oxen, and of sheep, thou shalt do in like manner; seven days be he with his mother, in the eighth day thou shalt yield him to me.

31Ye shall be holy men to me; ye shall not eat the flesh that is before-tasted of beasts, but ye shall cast it forth to hounds.

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1 # 22.1 Ch 21.37 in Heb “If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.#22.1 Restoring the second half of verse 3 and the whole of verse 4 to their place immediately following verse 1 He shall make restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. 2 If the stolen beast is found alive in his possession, whether it is an ox or an ass or a sheep, he shall pay double.

3 #22.3 Ch 22.1 in Heb “If a thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him; 4 but if the sun has risen upon him, there shall be bloodguilt for him.

5“When a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed over, or lets his beast loose and it feeds in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best in his own field and in his own vineyard.

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

7 # Lev 5.14—6.7; Num 5.5-8. “If a man delivers to his neighbor money or goods to keep, and it is stolen out of the man's house, then, if the thief is found, he shall pay double. 8If the thief is not found, the owner of the house shall come near to God, to show whether or not he has put his hand to his neighbor's goods.

9“For every breach of trust, whether it is for ox, for ass, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, of which one says, ‘This is it,’ the case of both parties shall come before God; he whom God shall condemn shall pay double to his neighbor.

10“If a man delivers to his neighbor an ass or an ox or a sheep or any beast to keep, and it dies or is hurt or is driven away, without any one seeing it, 11an oath by the Lord shall be between them both to see whether he has not put his hand to his neighbor's property; and the owner shall accept the oath, and he shall not make restitution. 12But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner. 13If it is torn by beasts, let him bring it as evidence; he shall not make restitution for what has been torn.

14“If a man borrows anything of his neighbor, and it is hurt or dies, the owner not being with it, he shall make full restitution. 15If the owner was with it, he shall not make restitution; if it was hired, it came for its hire.#22.15 Or it is reckoned in (Heb comes into) its hire

16 # Deut 22.28,29. “If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he shall give the marriage present for her, and make her his wife. 17If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money equivalent to the marriage present for virgins.

18 # Lev 20.27; Deut 18.10. “You shall not permit a sorceress to live.

19 # Lev 18.23; 20.15,16; Deut 27.21. “Whoever lies with a beast shall be put to death.

20“Whoever sacrifices to any god, save to the Lord only, shall be utterly destroyed.

21 # Ex 23.9; Lev 19.33,34; Deut 27.19. “You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. 22#Deut 24.17. You shall not afflict any widow or orphan. 23If you do afflict them, and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry; 24and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.

25 # Lev 25.36,37; Deut 23.19,20. “If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor, and you shall not exact interest from him. 26If ever you take your neighbor's garment in pledge, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down; 27for that is his only covering, it is his mantle for his body; in what else shall he sleep? And if he cries to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.

28 # Acts 23.5. “You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

29 # Ex 23.16,19; Deut 26.2-11; Ex 13.2,11-16. “You shall not delay to offer from the fulness of your harvest and from the outflow of your presses.

“The first-born of your sons you shall give to me. 30You shall do likewise with your oxen and with your sheep: seven days it shall be with its dam; on the eighth day you shall give it to me.

31 # Ex 19.6; Lev 11.44; 19.1; 7.24; 17.15. “You shall be men consecrated to me; therefore you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by beasts in the field; you shall cast it to the dogs.

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