A reading from the book of Exodus. If a man steals an ox or sheep, and kills it or sells it,

he shall repay five ox and four an ox, and four sheep for sheep. If a thief is found breaking in and

is struck so that he dies, there shall be no blood guilt for him. But if the sun has risen on him,

there shall be blood guilt for him.

He shall surely pay. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. If the stolen

beast is found alive in his possession, whether it is an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he shall

pay double. If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed over, or lets his beast loose,

and it feeds in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best in his own field, and in his own vineyard.

If fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the

field is consumed, he who started the fire shall make full restitution. If a man gives to his neighbor money or goods

to keep safe, and it is stolen from the man's house, then, if the thief is found, he shall pay double.

If the thief is not found, the owner of the house shall come near to God to show whether or not

he has put his hand to his neighbor's property. For every breach of trust, whether it is for an ox,

for a donkey, for a sheep, for a cloak, or for any kind of lost thing of which one says,

this is it. The case of both parties shall come before God, the one whom God condemns,

shall pay double to his neighbor. If a man gives to his neighbor a donkey or an ox or a sheep or any beast

to keep safe, and it dies or is injured or is driven away without anyone seeing it, an oath by the

Lord shall be between them both to see whether or not he has put his hand to his neighbor's property.

The owner shall accept the oath, and he shall not make restitution. But if it is stolen from him, he shall make

restitution to its owner. If it is torn by beasts, let him bring it as evidence. He shall not

make restitution for what has been torn. If a man borrows anything of his neighbor, and it is

injured or dies, the owner not being with it, he shall make full restitution. If the owner was with

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