Protection of property

22 [a]‘Whoever steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it must pay back five head of cattle for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.

‘If a thief is caught breaking in at night and is struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed;

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 22:1 In Hebrew texts 22:1 is numbered 21:37, and 22:2-31 is numbered 22:1-30.