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If a ransom is laid on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid upon him.

Or if it is known that the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall pay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his.

"If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. He shall make restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

"If a thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him;

but if the sun has risen upon him, there shall be bloodguilt for him.

"For every breach of trust, whether it is for ox, for ass, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, of which one says, 'This is it,' the case of both parties shall come before God; he whom God shall condemn shall pay double to his neighbor.

If it is torn by beasts, let him bring it as evidence; he shall not make restitution for what has been torn.

If the owner was with it, he shall not make restitution; if it was hired, it came for its hire.

"If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he shall give the marriage present for her, and make her his wife.

If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money equivalent to the marriage present for virgins.

"You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

for that is his only covering, it is his mantle for his body; in what else shall he sleep? And if he cries to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.

Keep far from a false charge, and do not slay the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.

And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the officials, and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.

"You shall not oppress a stranger; you know the heart of a stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

"For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield;

You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread; as I commanded you, you shall eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. None shall appear before me empty-handed.

Give heed to him and hearken to his voice, do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgression; for my name is in him.

And I will set your bounds from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the Euphra'tes; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.

They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me; for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you."