^{1 21:37} When a man^◦ shall steal an ox or a sheep^◦, and shall butcher it, or sell it, he shall repay five cattle for the ox, and four of the flock for the sheep^◦.

^{2 1} If a thief be found while digging·​·through, and be smitten, and die, no bloods^* shall be shed for him.

^{3 2} If the sun have risen^◦ upon him, bloods shall be shed for him; repaying he shall repay; if he have nothing, he shall·​·be·​·sold for his theft.

^{4 3} If finding the theft be·​·found in his hand, from an ox even·​·to a donkey, even·​·to an animal·​·of·​·the·​·flock, living; he shall repay two times.

^{5 4} When^◦ a man^◦ shall desolate^◦* a field or a vineyard, and shall send·​·out his brutish beast, and it shall desolate^◦* the field of another; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, he shall repay.

^{6 5} When^◦ a fire shall go·​·forth, and shall find thorns, and a stack is devoured, or the standing·​·grain, or the field; he who burns the burning, repaying he shall repay.

^{7 6} When a man^◦ shall give to his companion silver or vessels to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s^◦ house; if the thief be·​·found, he shall repay double.

^{8 7} If the thief be· not ·found, the master of the house shall be brought·​·near to God, to see if he has put·​·forth^◦ his hand into the business of his companion.

^{9 8} Over every word of transgression, Over an ox, Over a donkey, Over an animal·​·of·​·the·​·flock, Over raiment, Over every lost thing, of which he shall say that it is this, even·​·to God shall come the word of the two of them; he whom God shall condemn shall repay two times to his companion.

^{10 9} When^◦ a man^◦ shall give to^▵ his companion a donkey, or an ox, or an animal·​·of·​·the·​·flock, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be broken, or be taken·​·captive, no one seeing it;

^{11 10} the promise of Jehovah shall be between the two of them, to see if he has put·​·forth^◦ his hand into the business of his companion, and his master has taken it, and he shall not repay.

^{12 11} And if stealing it shall be stolen from him, he shall repay to its master.

^{13 12} If tearing it shall be torn, he shall bring a witness for it^*; he shall not repay that which was torn.

^{14 13} And when a man^◦ shall ask from his companion, and it be broken, or die, the master thereof not being with it, repaying he shall repay.

^{15 14} If the master thereof be with it, he shall not repay; if he is a hireling he shall come in his hire.

^{16 15} And when^◦ a man^◦ shall entice a virgin who is not betrothed, and shall lie with her, endowing he shall endow her to himself for a woman.

^{17 16} If her father refusing shall refuse to give her to him, he shall weigh silver according·​·to the dowry of virgins.

^{18 17} Thou shalt not let· a sorceress ·live.

^{19 18} All who lie with a beast, dying he shall·​·die.

^{20 19} He who sacrifices to gods, except^▵ to Jehovah alone, shall be doomed.

^{21 20} And a sojourner thou shalt not exploit, and thou shalt not subjugate him; for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

^{22 21} Any widow and orphan you shall not afflict.

^{23 22} If afflicting thou shalt afflict him, and crying he shall cry to^▵ Me, hearing I will hear his cry;

^{24 23} and My anger shall be·​·fierce, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall become widows, and your sons orphans.

^{25 24} If thou shalt lend silver to My people, the afflicted with thee, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; you shall not set usury on him.

^{26 25} If taking·​·as·​·a·​·pledge thou shalt take·​·as·​·a·​·pledge thy companion’s raiment, even at the going·​·in of the sun thou shalt return it to him.

^{27 26} For it^◦ is his only covering, it^◦ is his raiment for his skin, in which he may lie·​·down; and it shall be, that he shall cry to^▵ Me, and I will hear; for I^◦ am gracious.

^{28 27} Thou shalt not revile God, and a chief among^◦ thy people thou shalt not curse.

^{29 28} The firstfruits of thy grain, and the firstfruits of thy wine,^* thou shalt not delay. The firstborn of thy sons thou shalt give to Me.

^{30 29} So shalt thou do for thine ox, and for thy flock; seven days it shall be with its mother; on^◦ the eighth day thou shalt give it to Me.

^{31 30} And you shall be men^◦ of holiness to Me; and flesh that is torn in the field you shall not eat; you shall cast it to the dog.