Fine: (A Penalty)

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Verses

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  1. “If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.
  2. If what was stolen is actually found alive in his possession—whether ox or donkey or sheep—he must pay back double.
  3. If a man gives his neighbor money or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double. …
  4. “If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; it is a guilt offering.
  5. Regarding any holy thing he has harmed, he must make restitution by adding a fifth of its value to it and giving it to the priest, who will make atonement on his behalf with the ram as a guilt offering, and he will be forgiven.
  6. …or anything else about which he has sworn falsely. He must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value, and pay it to the owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt.
  7. Then he must bring to the priest his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram of proper value from the flock.
  8. Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.
  9. Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.