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Exodus 22:4

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

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Exodus 22:4 in other translations

If the stolen property is found in his hand alive, whether it is ox, donkey, or sheep, he shall pay double.

Exodus 22:4 · World English Bible

Exodus 22:4 in context

  1. 2If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.
  2. 3If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for him; he shall make restitution: if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
  3. 4If the theft be found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep, he shall pay double.
  4. 5If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall let his beast loose, and it 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.
  5. 6If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.