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When the animal, whether ox or donkey or sheep, is found alive in the thief’s possession, the thief shall pay double.

but if it happens after sunrise, bloodguilt is incurred.

When someone causes a field or vineyard to be grazed over, or lets livestock loose to graze in someone else’s field, restitution shall be made from the best in the owner’s field or vineyard.

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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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