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(4) If what he stole is found alive in his possession, he is to pay double, no matter whether it is an ox, a donkey or a sheep.

(iii) (5) “If a person causes a field or vineyard to be grazed over or lets his animal loose to graze in someone else’s field, he is to make restitution from the best produce of his own field and vineyard.

(6) “If a fire is started and spreads to thorns, so that stacked grain, standing grain or a field is destroyed, the person who lit it must make restitution.

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but if it happens after sunrise, the defender is guilty of bloodshed.

“Anyone who steals must certainly make restitution,(A) but if they have nothing, they must be sold(B) to pay for their theft. If the stolen animal is found alive in their possession(C)—whether ox or donkey or sheep—they must pay back double.(D)

“If anyone grazes their livestock in a field or vineyard and lets them stray and they graze in someone else’s field, the offender must make restitution(E) from the best of their own field or vineyard.

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