Thematic Bible
Exodus 22:1 (show verse)
A man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it. He must pay five oxen for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.
Exodus 22:2 (show verse)
If the thief is caught while breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no blood guiltiness on his account.
Exodus 22:3 (show verse)
But if it happens after sunrise, he is guilty of murder. A thief must make up for what he has stolen. If he is unable to do so, he should be sold as a slave to pay for what he stole.
Exodus 22:4 (show verse)
If the stolen animal is found alive in his possession, whether it is a bull, donkey, or a sheep, he must make up for the loss with double the amount.
Exodus 22:5 (show verse)
Someone lets his livestock graze in a field or a vineyard. They stray and graze in another person's field. He must make up for what the damaged field was expected to produce. If he lets them ruin the whole field with their grazing, he must make up from his own field for the loss with the best from his field and vineyard.
Exodus 22:6 (show verse)
A fire starts and spreads into the underbrush so that it burns up stacked or standing grain or ruins a field. The person who started the fire must make up for the loss.
Exodus 22:7 (show verse)
Someone gives his neighbor silver or other valuables to keep for him. They are stolen from that person's house. If the thief is caught, he must make up for the loss with double the amount.
Exodus 22:8 (show verse)
If the thief is not caught, the owner of the house must be brought to God to find out whether or not he took his neighbor's valuables.
Exodus 22:9 (show verse)
There is a dispute over the ownership of a bull, a donkey, a sheep, an article of clothing, and any other lost property which two people claim as their own. Both people must bring their case to God. The one whom God declares guilty must make up for his neighbor's loss with double the amount.
Exodus 22:10 (show verse)
Someone gives his neighbor a donkey, a bull, a sheep, or any other kind of animal to keep for him, and it dies, is injured, or is captured in war, and there are no witnesses.
Exodus 22:11 (show verse)
The case between them must be settled by swearing an oath to Jehovah that the neighbor did not take the other person's animal. The owner must accept the oath. The neighbor does not have to make up for the loss.
Exodus 22:12 (show verse)
However, if the animal was stolen from the neighbor, he must make up for the owner's loss.
Exodus 22:13 (show verse)
If a wild animal killed the neighbor's animal he must bring in the dead body of the wild animal as evidence. He does not have to make up for an animal that has been killed.
Exodus 22:14 (show verse)
Whenever someone borrows an animal from his neighbor, and it is injured or dies while the owner is not present, the borrower must make up for the loss.
Exodus 22:15 (show verse)
If the owner is with the animal, the borrower does not have to make up for the loss. If it is rented, the rental fee covers the loss.
Exodus 22:16 (show verse)
When a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to anyone and has sexual intercourse with her, he must pay the bride price and marry her.
Exodus 22:17 (show verse)
If her father refuses to give her to him, he must pay an amount of money equal to the bride price for virgins.
Exodus 22:18 (show verse)
Never allow a witch to live.
Exodus 22:19 (show verse)
The person who has sexual intercourse with an animal must be put to death.
Exodus 22:20 (show verse)
The person who sacrifices to any god except Jehovah must be condemned and destroyed.
Exodus 22:21 (show verse)
Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner. Remember that you were foreigners in Egypt.
Exodus 22:22 (show verse)
Do not mistreat any widow or orphan.
Exodus 22:23 (show verse)
If you do, I, Jehovah, will answer them when they cry out to me for help,
Exodus 22:24 (show verse)
and I will become angry and kill you in war. Your wives will become widows, and your children will be fatherless.
Exodus 22:25 (show verse)
When you lend money to any of my people who are poor, do not act like a moneylender and require him to pay interest.
Exodus 22:26 (show verse)
If you take someone's cloak as a pledge that he will pay you, you must give it back to him before the sunsets,
Exodus 22:27 (show verse)
for it is the only covering he has to keep him warm. What else can he sleep in? When he cries out to me for help, I will answer him because I am merciful.
Exodus 22:28 (show verse)
Do not curse God. Do not curse a ruler of your people.
Exodus 22:29 (show verse)
Do not delay the offering from your harvest and your vintage. Give the firstborn of your sons to me.
Exodus 22:30 (show verse)
Do the same with your oxen and with your sheep. Its mother may keep it for seven days. On the eighth day give it to me.
Exodus 22:31 (show verse)
You are to be my holy people. Do not eat any flesh torn to bits in the field. Throw it to the dogs.