Property Rights

22 [a]If someone steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for the ox and (A)four sheep for the sheep—

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  1. Exodus 22:1 Ch 21:37 in Heb

Protection of Property

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

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

or anything about which he swore falsely; (A)he shall make restitution for it [a]in full and add to it a fifth more. (B)He shall give it to the one to whom it belongs on the day he presents his guilt offering.

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  1. Leviticus 6:5 Lit in its sum

or whatever it was they swore falsely about. They must make restitution(A) in full, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the owner on the day they present their guilt offering.(B)

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then [a]he shall (A)confess [b]his sin which [c]he has committed, and he (B)shall make restitution in full for his wrong and add to it a fifth of it, and give it to him whom he has wronged.

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  1. Numbers 5:7 Lit they
  2. Numbers 5:7 Lit their
  3. Numbers 5:7 Lit they have

and must confess(A) the sin they have committed. They must make full restitution(B) for the wrong they have done, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the person they have wronged.

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So he must make restitution for the lamb (A)four times over, since he did this thing and [a]had no compassion.”

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  1. 2 Samuel 12:6 Or showed no consideration

He must pay for that lamb four times over,(A) because he did such a thing and had no pity.”

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