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  • 1. If a man shal steale an oxe, or a sheepe, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore fiue oxen for an oxe, and foure sheepe for a sheepe.
  • 2. If a thiefe bee found breaking vp, and be smitten that he die, there shal no blood be shed for him.
  • 3. If the Sunne be risen vpon him, there shall be blood shed for him: for hee should make full restitution: if he haue nothing, then he shall bee sold for his theft.
  • 4. If the theft be certainely found in his hand aliue, whether it bee oxe or asse, or sheepe, he shall restore double.
  • 5. If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feede in another mans field: of the best of his owne field, and of the best of his owne vineyard shall he make restitution.
  • 6. If fire breake out, and catch in thornes, so that the stackes of corne, or the standing corne, or the field be consumed therewith; hee that kindled the fire, shall surely make restitution.
  • 7. If a man shal deliuer vnto his neighbour money or stuffe to keepe, and it be stollen out of the mans house; if the thiefe be found, let him pay double.
  • 8. If the thiefe be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought vnto the Iudges, to see whether he haue put his hande vnto his neighbours goods.
  • 9. For all maner of trespasse, whether it be for oxe, for asse, for sheepe, for raiment, or for any maner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his: the cause of both parties shall come before the Iudges, and whome the Iudges shall condemne, he shall pay double vnto his neighbour.
  • 10. If a man deliuer vnto his neighbour an asse, or an oxe, or a sheepe, or any beast to keepe, and it die, or be hurt, or driuen away, no man seeing it,
  • 11. Then shall an othe of the Lord be betweene them both, that hee hath not put his hand vnto his neighbours goods: and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.
  • 12. And if it be stollen from him, he shall make restitution vnto the owner thereof.
  • 13. If it be torne in pieces, then let him bring it for witnesse, and hee shall not make good that which was torne.
  • 14. And if a man borrowe ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.
  • 15. But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: If it bee an hired thing, it came for his hire.
  • 16. And if a man entice a maide that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
  • 17. If her father vtterly refuse to giue her vnto him, he shall pay money according to the dowrie of virgins.
  • 18. Thou shalt not suffer a witch to liue.
  • 19. Whosoeuer lieth with a beast, shall surely be put to death.
  • 20. Hee that sacrificeth vnto any god saue vnto the Lord onely, hee shall be vtterly destroyed.
  • 21. Thou shalt neither vexe a stranger, nor oppresse him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
  • 22. Yee shall not afflict any widow, or fatherlesse child.
  • 23. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they crie at all vnto mee, I will surely heare their crie.
  • 24. And my wrath shall waxe hote, and I will kill you with the sword: and your wiues shall be widowes, and your children fatherlesse.
  • 25. If thou lend money to any of my people that is poore by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an vsurer, neither shalt thou lay vpon him vsurie.
  • 26. If thou at all take thy neighbors raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliuer it vnto him by that the sun goeth downe.
  • 27. For that is his couering onely, it is his raiment for his skinne: wherein shal he sleepe? And it shal come to passe, when he crieth vnto mee, that I will heare: for I am gracious.
  • 28. Thou shalt not reuile the Gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
  • 29. Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the first borne of thy sonnes shalt thou giue vnto me.
  • 30. Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheepe: seuen dayes it shall be with his damme, on the eight day thou shalt giue it me.
  • 31. And ye shall be holy men vnto me: neither shall ye eate any flesh that is torne of beasts in the field: yee shall cast it to the dogs.