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Exodus 22 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Judgments About Property Rights

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1 -

[fn]If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:2 -

[fn]If the thief is [fn]caught while breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no bloodguiltiness on his account.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:3 - But if the sun has risen on him, there will be bloodguiltiness on his account. He shall surely make restitution; if he owns nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:4 - “If what he stole is actually found alive in his hand, whether an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he shall pay double.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:5 -

“If a man lets a field or vineyard be grazed bare and lets his animal loose so that it grazes in another man’s field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:6 -

“If a fire breaks out and spreads to thorn bushes, so that stacked grain or the standing grain or the field itself is consumed, he who started the fire shall surely make restitution.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:7 -

“If a man gives his neighbor money or goods to keep for him and it is stolen from the man’s house, if the thief is [fn]caught, he shall pay double.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:8 - “If the thief is not [fn]caught, then the owner of the house shall [fn]appear before [fn]the judges to determine whether he [fn]laid his hands on his neighbor’s property.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:9 - “For every [fn]breach of trust, whether it is for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any lost thing about which one says, ‘This is it,’ the [fn]case of both parties shall come before [fn]the judges; he whom [fn]the judges condemn shall pay double to his neighbor.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:10 -

“If a man gives his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep for him, and it dies or is injured or is driven away while no one is looking,

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:11 - then an oath before Yahweh shall be made by the two of them [fn]that he has not [fn]laid hands on his neighbor’s property; and its owner shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:12 - “But if it is actually stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:13 - “Now if it is all torn to pieces, let him bring it as evidence; he shall not make restitution for what has been torn to pieces.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:14 -

“If a man [fn]borrows anything from his neighbor, and it is injured or dies while its owner is not with it, he shall make full restitution.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:15 - “But if its owner is with it, he shall not make restitution; if it is hired, it came for its hire.

Various Judgments

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:16 -

“If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged and lies with her, he must pay a dowry for her to be his wife.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:17 - “If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he shall [fn]pay money equal to the dowry for virgins.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:18 -

“You shall not allow a sorceress to live.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:19 -

“Whoever lies with an animal shall surely be put to death.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:20 -

“And he who sacrifices to [fn]any god, other than to Yahweh alone, shall be [fn]devoted to destruction.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:21 -

“You shall not mistreat a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:22 - “You shall not afflict any widow or orphan.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:23 - “And if you indeed afflict him, and if he earnestly cries out to Me, I will surely hear his cry;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:24 - and My anger will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:25 -

“If you lend money to My people, to the afflicted [fn]among you, you are not to [fn]act as a creditor to him; you shall not [fn]charge him interest.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:26 - “If you ever take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun sets,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:27 - for that is his only covering; it is his cloak for his [fn]body. What else shall he sleep in? And it shall be that when he cries out to Me, I will hear him, for I am gracious.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:28 -

“You shall not [fn]curse God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:29 -

“You shall not delay the offering from [fn]the fullness of your harvest and the juice of your wine vat. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to Me.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:30 - “And you shall do the same with your oxen and with your sheep. It shall be with its mother seven days; on the eighth day you shall give it to Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:31 -

“You shall be holy men to Me, therefore you shall not eat any flesh torn to pieces in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.

LSB Footnotes
Ch 21:37 in Heb
Ch 22:1 in Heb
Lit found
Lit found
Lit found
Lit approach to
Or God
Lit stretched his hand
Or matter of transgression
Lit matter
Or God
Or God
Lit whether
Lit stretched his hand
Lit asks
Lit weigh out silver
Lit the gods
Lit put under the ban
Lit with
Lit be
Lit lay upon
Lit skin
Or revile
Lit your fullness and your tears
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