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— [b]If the (B)thief is [c]caught while [d]breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no guilt for bloodshed on his account. If the sun has risen on him, there will be guilt for bloodshed on his account—A thief shall certainly make restitution; if he owns nothing, then he shall be (C)sold for his theft. If what he stole is actually found alive in his [e]possession, whether an ox or a donkey or a sheep, (D)he shall pay double.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 22:1 Ch 21:37 in Heb
  2. Exodus 22:2 Ch 22:1 in Heb
  3. Exodus 22:2 Lit found
  4. Exodus 22:2 I.e., at night; cf. v 3
  5. Exodus 22:4 Lit hand

then it shall be, when he sins and becomes guilty, that he shall (A)restore what he took by robbery or acquired by extortion, or the deposit which was [a]entrusted to him, or the lost property which he found, or anything about which he swore falsely; (B)he shall make restitution for it [b]in full and add to it a fifth more. (C)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 6:4 Or deposited with
  2. Leviticus 6:5 Lit in its sum

But Zaccheus stopped and said to (A)the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I am giving to the poor, and if I have (B)extorted anything from anyone, I am giving back (C)four times as much.”

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