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1 If a thief be found breaking through, and he be smitten and die, there shall be no blood due to him.
2 If the eyes of witnesses fall upon him, blood shall be due to him, paying he shall pay. If he have nothing, he shall be sold for his robbery. 3 If the thing stolen, from an ox to an ass, be found in his possession, they being alive, he shall restore two for one.
4 If a man make waste a field or vineyard, or send his cattle to consume another’s field, the best of his field and the best of his vineyard he shall restore.
5 If fire breaks out, and it find thorns, so that sheaves or standing corn or the field be consumed, he who kindled the fire paying shall pay.
6 When a man giveth his neighbour silver or vessels to keep, and they be stolen from the man’s house; if the thief be found, he shall repay double. 7 If the thief be not found, the master of the house shall be brought before the judges (to make oath) that he hath not put forth his hand upon that which his neighbour had delivered to him.
8 Upon every matter of guiltiness about ox or ass or lamb, or raiment, or anything destroyed of which it may be said, This is it, the cause of both shall be brought before the judges, and he whom the judges shall condemn shall pay double to his neighbour.
9 If a man deliver to his neighbour an ass or an ox or a lamb or any cattle to keep, and it die, or be injured, or be carried away, no one seeing; 10 An oath of the Lord shall be between them that he bath not put forth his hand against that which his neighbour had delivered, and the owner shall accept the oath, and he shall not repay. 11 But if it be stolen from him, he shall repay its owner; 12 And if it be torn, and he bring witnesses that it was torn, he shall not repay.
13 And if a man borrow of his neighbour and it be injured or die, the owner of it not being with it, repaying he shall repay. 14 But if the owner be with it, he shall not repay. If it were hired, let it be (considered) for its hire.
15 And if a man seduce a virgin who is not betrothed and lie with her, he shall surely establish her to be his wife. 16 If her father be unwilling to give her to him, he shall weigh down silver according to the dowry of virgins.
17 An enchantress shall not live.
18 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall be surely put to death.
19 Whosoever sacrificeth to the idols of the Gentiles shall be put to death: but to the Name of the Lord alone.
20 And a stranger thou shalt not trouble nor oppress; for you were sojourners in the land of Mizraim. 21 Afflict not the widow or the orphan: 22 If you indeed afflict them, and they cry before Me, I will surely hearken to their cry; 23 And My displeasure shall be strong, and will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows and your children fatherless.
24 If thou lend money to My people, to the poor who is with thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou inflict an injury upon him. 25 If, (as) a pledge, thou take thy neighbour’s garment, at the going away of the sun thou shalt return it unto him. 26 For it may be his only covering; for (then) it is the clothing for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? And it shall be that when he crieth before Me I will hearken; for I am merciful.
27 Thou shalt not revile the judges, nor curse the ruler of My people.
28 Thy firstfruits and thy tithes thou shalt not delay (to offer:) the firstborn of thy children thou shalt separate before Me; 29 so shalt thou do with thy oxen and with thy sheep. Seven days shall (the firstling) be with its mother; on the eighth day thou shalt separate it before Me.
30 And ye shall be holy men before Me; and the flesh torn from a living animal you may not eat; you shall cast it to the dogs.

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