1 ` 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.

If a man steals an ox or sheep and kills or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for an ox, or four sheep for a 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;

If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no blood shed for him.

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

But if the sun has risen, blood must be shed for slaying him. The thief must make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

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

If the beast which he stole is found in his possession alive, whether it is ox or ass or sheep, he shall restore double.

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

If 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 of the best of his own field or his own vineyard.

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.

If fire breaks out and catches so that the stacked grain or standing grain or the field be consumed, he who kindled the fire shall make full restitution.

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.

If a man delivers to his neighbor money or goods to keep and it is stolen out of the neighbor’s house, then, if the thief is found, he shall pay 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;

But if the thief is not found, the house owner shall appear before God to find whether he stole his neighbor’s goods.

9 f or 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.

For every unlawful deed, whether it concerns ox, donkey, sheep, clothing, or any lost thing at all, which another identifies as his, the cause of both parties shall come before God. Whomever shall condemn shall pay his neighbor double.

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 --

If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey or an ox or a sheep or any beast to keep and it dies or is hurt or driven away, no man seeing it,

11 a n 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;

Then an oath before the Lord shall be required between the two that the man has not taken his neighbor’s property; and the owner of it shall accept his word and not require him to make good the loss.

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

But if it is stolen when in his care, he shall make restitution to its owner.

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

If it be torn in pieces, let him bring for witness; he shall not make good what was torn.

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

And if a man borrows anything of his neighbor and it gets hurt or dies without its owner being with it, the borrower shall make full restitution.

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

But if the owner is with it, the borrower shall not make it good. If it is a hired thing, the damage is included in its hire.

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

If a man seduces a virgin not betrothed and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to become his wife.

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

If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money equivalent to the dowry of virgins.

18 ` A witch thou dost not keep alive.

You shall not allow a woman to live who practices sorcery.

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

Whoever lies carnally with a beast shall surely be put to death.

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

He who sacrifices to any god but the Lord only shall be utterly destroyed.

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

You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

22 ` Any widow or orphan ye do not afflict;

You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.

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

If you afflict them in any way and they cry at all to Me, I will surely hear their cry;

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

And My wrath shall burn; I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows and your children fatherless.

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;

If you lend money to any of My people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor, neither shall you require interest from him.

26 i f 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:

If you ever take your neighbor’s garment in pledge, you shall give it back to him before the sun goes down;

27 f or it alone is his covering, it 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 gracious.

For that is his only covering, his clothing for his body. In what shall he sleep? When he cries to Me, I will hear, for I am gracious and merciful.

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

You shall not revile God or esteem lightly or curse a ruler of your people.

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

You shall not delay to bring to Me from the fullness and the outflow; give Me the firstborn of your sons.

30 s o 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.

Likewise shall you do with your oxen and your sheep. Seven days the firstborn shall be with its mother; on the eighth day you shall 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.

And you shall be holy men to Me; therefore you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.