But if it be [a]in the daylight, [b]blood shall be shed for him: for he should make full restitution: if he had not wherewith, then should he be sold for his theft.

If the theft be found [c]with him alive, (whether it be ox, ass, or sheep) he shall restore the double.

¶ If a man do hurt field, or vineyard, and put in his beast to feed in another man’s field, he shall recompense of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 22:3 Hebrew, when the sun riseth upon him.
  2. Exodus 22:3 He shall be put to death that killeth him.
  3. Exodus 22:4 Hebrew, in his hand.

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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