Exodus 22:3

If the thing stolen, from an ox to an ass, be found in his possession, they being alive, he shall restore two for one.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2If the eyes of witnesses fall upon him, blood shall be due to him, paying he shall pay. If he have nothing, he shall be sold for his robbery.

4If a man make waste a field or vineyard, or send his cattle to consume another’s field, the best of his field and the best of his vineyard he shall restore.

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Cross References

Exodus 21:2When thou dost purchase a servant, a son of Israel, six years he shall serve, and in the seventh go forth free, for nothing.

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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