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“When a man gives his neighbor money or goods for safekeeping and it’s stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if found, is to repay double. If the thief is not found, the owner of the house is to appear before the judges[a] to see[b] whether or not the thief took[c] his neighbor’s property.

“In every ownership dispute[d] involving an ox, donkey, sheep, garment, or anything that is lost where a person says, ‘This is mine,’[e] the case between the two of them is to come before the judges,[f] and the one that the judges[g] declare guilty is to repay double to his neighbor.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 22:8 Or God
  2. Exodus 22:8 The Heb. lacks to see
  3. Exodus 22:8 Lit. not he laid his hands on
  4. Exodus 22:9 Lit. matter of transgression
  5. Exodus 22:9 Lit. This is it
  6. Exodus 22:9 Or God
  7. Exodus 22:9 Or God