¶ If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep¹, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen² for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

If a thief be found breaking³ up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood⁴ be shed for him.

If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall⁵ be sold for his theft.

If the theft be certainly found⁶ in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double⁷.

If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution⁸.

If fire break out⁹, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn¹⁰, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire¹¹ shall surely make restitution.

¶ If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found¹², let him pay double¹³.

If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges¹⁴, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.

For all manner of trespass¹⁵, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties¹⁶ shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his¹⁷ neighbour.

¶¹⁸If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:

Then shall an oath of the LORD¹⁹ be between them both, that he hath not²⁰ put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.

And if it be stolen from him,²¹ he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

If it be torn in pieces²², then let him bring it for witness²³, and he shall not make good that which was torn.

And if a man borrow²⁴ ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good²⁵.

But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire²⁶.

¶ And if a man entice²⁷ a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

If her father utterly²⁸ refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay²⁹ money according to the dowry of virgins³⁰.

³¹Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.

³²Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

¶ He that sacrificeth³³ unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly³⁴ destroyed.

Thou shalt neither vex a stranger³⁵, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers³⁶ in the land of Egypt.

³⁷Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all³⁸ unto me, I will surely³⁹ hear their cry;

And my wrath⁴⁰ shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives⁴¹ shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

¶⁴²If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge⁴³, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:

For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth⁴⁴ unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious⁴⁵.

Thou shalt not revile the gods⁴⁶, nor curse⁴⁷ the ruler of thy people.

Thou shalt not delay⁴⁸ to offer the first of thy ripe fruits⁴⁹, and of thy liquors⁵⁰: the firstborn⁵¹ of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

¶ Likewise⁵² shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days⁵³ it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.

And ye shall be holy⁵⁴ men unto me: neither⁵⁵ shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.