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Protection of Property
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"Whoever steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it must pay back five head of cattle for the ox and four sheep for the sheep. SCode 2Sam 12:6 Pro 6:31 Lk 19:8
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"If a thief is caught breaking in at night and is struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed; SCode Mt 24:43
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but if it happens after sunrise, the defender is guilty of bloodshed. "Anyone who steals must certainly make restitution, but if they have nothing, they must be sold to pay for their theft. SCode Exo 21:2
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If the stolen animal is found alive in their possession - whether ox or donkey or sheep - they must pay back double. SCode Exo 22:1 Exo 21:16
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"If anyone grazes their livestock in a field or vineyard and lets them stray and they graze in someone else’s field, the offender must make restitution from the best of their own field or vineyard.
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"If a fire breaks out and spreads into thornbushes so that it burns shocks of grain or standing grain or the whole field, the one who started the fire must make restitution.
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"If anyone gives a neighbor silver or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double. SCode Exo 22:4
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But if the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges, and they must determine whether the owner of the house has laid hands on the other person’s property.
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In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any other lost property about which somebody says, ’This is mine,’ both parties are to bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges declare guilty must pay back double to the other.
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"If anyone gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep or any other animal to their neighbor for safekeeping and it dies or is injured or is taken away while no one is looking,
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the issue between them will be settled by the taking of an oath before the LORD that the neighbor did not lay hands on the other person’s property. The owner is to accept this, and no restitution is required. SCode Heb 6:16
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But if the animal was stolen from the neighbor, restitution must be made to the owner. SCode Gen 31:39
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If it was torn to pieces by a wild animal, the neighbor shall bring in the remains as evidence and shall not be required to pay for the torn animal.
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"If anyone borrows an animal from their neighbor and it is injured or dies while the owner is not present, they must make restitution.
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But if the owner is with the animal, the borrower will not have to pay. If the animal was hired, the money paid for the hire covers the loss.
Social Responsibility
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"If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride-price, and she shall be his wife. SCode Deu 22:28~29
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If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he must still pay the bride-price for virgins. SCode Gen 34:12 Exo 22:16 1Sam 18:25
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"Do not allow a sorceress to live. SCode Lev 19:26 Lev 20:27 Lev 19:31 Deu 18:10~11 1Sam 28:3 1Sam 28:9
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"Anyone who has sexual relations with an animal is to be put to death. SCode Lev 20:15 Lev 18:23 Deu 27:21
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"Whoever sacrifices to any god other than the LORD must be destroyed. SCode Num 25:2 Num 25:7~8 Deu 13:1~15 Deu 17:2~5 Jos 23:16
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"Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner, for you were foreigners in Egypt. SCode Exo 23:9 Lev 19:33 Deu 10:18~19 Jer 7:6 Zech 7:10 Mal 3:5
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"Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless. SCode Deu 24:17 Deu 27:19 Psa 94:6 Isa 10:2 Isa 1:17 Isa 1:23 Ezk 22:7 Zech 7:10 Jas 1:27
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If you do and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry. SCode Job 34:28 Psa 18:6 Psa 145:19 Lk 18:7 Jas 5:4
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My anger will be aroused, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless. SCode Psa 109:9 Lam 5:3
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"If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a business deal; charge no interest. SCode Lev 25:35~37 Deu 23:19~20 Neh 5:7 Psa 15:5 Pro 28:8 Ezk 22:12 Ezk 18:13
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If you take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, return it by sunset, SCode Deu 24:13 Deu 24:17 Pro 20:16 Pro 22:27 Ezk 18:7~8 Ezk 18:16~17 Amo 2:8
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because that cloak is the only covering your neighbor has. What else can they sleep in? When they cry out to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate. SCode Exo 34:6 Exo 22:23 2Chr 30:9 Neh 9:17
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"Do not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people. SCode 2Sam 19:21 Ecc 10:20 Act 23:5 Jud 1:8
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"Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats. "You must give me the firstborn of your sons. SCode Exo 13:2
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Do the same with your cattle and your sheep. Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but give them to me on the eighth day. SCode Lev 22:27 Deu 15:19
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"You are to be my holy people. So do not eat the meat of an animal torn by wild beasts; throw it to the dogs. SCode Exo 19:6 Lev 22:8 Lev 11:44~45 Ezk 4:14 Ezk 44:31 Mt 7:6
NIV Footnotes
  1. 22:8 Or before God, and he will
  2. 22:9 Or before God
  3. 22:9 Or whom God declares
  4. 22:20 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
  5. 22:28 Or Do not revile the judges
  6. 22:29 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
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