(A)If someone gives his neighbor money or goods to keep for him and it is stolen from the [a]neighbor’s house, if the thief is [b]caught, then the thief shall pay double. If the thief is not [c]caught, then the owner of the house shall [d]appear before [e](B)the judges, to determine whether he [f]laid his hands on his neighbor’s property. For every [g]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 [h]case of both parties shall come before [i](C)the judges; he whom [j]the judges condemn shall pay double to his neighbor.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 22:7 Lit man’s
  2. Exodus 22:7 Lit found
  3. Exodus 22:8 Lit found
  4. Exodus 22:8 Lit approach to
  5. Exodus 22:8 Or God
  6. Exodus 22:8 Lit stretched his hand
  7. Exodus 22:9 Or matter of wrongdoing
  8. Exodus 22:9 Lit matter
  9. Exodus 22:9 Or God
  10. Exodus 22:9 Or God

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