Exodus 22:4

If the theft is found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or donkey, or sheep, he shall pay double.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for him. [A thief] shall make restitution. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

5If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall let his beast loose, and it feeds in another man's field, he shall make restitution of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:1If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it, he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

Exodus 22:9For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for raiment, [or] for any manner of lost thing, of which a man says, This is it, the case of both parties shall come before God. He whom God shall condemn s

Proverbs 6:31Yet if he is found, he shall restore sevenfold. He shall give all the substance of his house.

Jeremiah 16:18And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable things, and have filled my inheritance with their abominations.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 22:2-7

Judicial Laws. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. 2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him. 3 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 shall be sold for his theft. 4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he… Read the whole commentary →

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