Exodus 22:1

If a man takes without right another man's ox or his sheep, and puts it to death or gets a price for it, he is to give five oxen for an ox, or four sheep for a sheep, in payment: the thief will have to make payment for what he has taken; if he has no money, he himself will have to be exchanged for money, so that payment may be made.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2If a thief is taken in the act of forcing his way into a house, and his death is caused by a blow, the owner of the house is not responsible for his blood.

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Cross References

Leviticus 6:1\6:8\And the Lord said to Moses,

Numbers 5:7Let them say openly what they have done; and make payment for the wrong done, with the addition of a fifth part, and give it to him to whom the wrong was done.

Proverbs 6:31But if he is taken in the act he will have to give back seven times as much, giving up all his property which is in his house.

Jeremiah 2:34And in the skirts of your robe may be seen the life-blood of those who have done no wrong: ...

Matthew Henry on Exodus 22:1

The laws of this chapter relate, I. To the eighth commandment, concerning theft ( ver. 1-4 ), trespass by cattle ( ver. 5 ), damage by fire ( ver. 6 ), trusts ( ver. 7-13 ), borrowing cattle ( ver. 14, 15 ), or money, ver. 25-27 . II. To the seventh commandment. Against fornication ( ver. 16, 17 ), bestiality, ver. 19 . III. To the first table, forbidding witchcraft ( ver. 18 ), idolatry, ver. 20 . Commanding to offer the firstfruits, ver. 29, 30 . IV. To the poor, ver. 21-24 . V. To the civil government, ver. 28… Read the whole commentary →

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