Exodus 22:1

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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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  • 2 Sam 12:6 : 6 And he will have to give back four times the value of the lamb, because he has done this and because he had no pity.
  • Luke 19:8 : 8 And Zacchaeus, waiting before him, said to the Lord, See, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from anyone wrongly, I give him back four times as much.
  • Prov 6:31 : 31 But 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.
  • Prov 14:4 : 4 Where there are no oxen, their food-place is clean; but much increase comes through the strength of the ox.
  • Lev 6:1-6 : 1 And the Lord said to Moses, 2 Give orders to Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law for the burned offering: the offering is to be on the fire-wood on the altar all night till the morning; and the fire of the altar is to be kept burning. 3 And the priest is to put on his linen robes and his linen trousers, and take up what is over of the offering after it has been burned on the altar, and put it by the side of the altar. 4 Then having taken off his linen robes and put on other clothing, he is to take it away into a clean place, outside the tent-circle. 5 The fire on the altar is to be kept burning; it is never to go out; every morning the priest is to put wood on it, placing the burned offering in order on it, and there the fat of the peace-offering is to be burned. 6 Let the fire be kept burning on the altar at all times; it is never to go out.
  • Num 5:7 : 7 Let 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 22:2-15
    14 verses
    88%

    2 If 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.

    3 But if it is after dawn, he will be responsible.

    4 If he still has what he had taken, whatever it is, ox or ass or sheep, he is to give twice its value.

    5 If a man makes a fire in a field or a vine-garden, and lets the fire do damage to another man's field, he is to give of the best produce of his field or his vine-garden to make up for it.

    6 If there is a fire and the flames get to the thorns at the edge of the field, causing destruction of the cut grain or of the living grain, or of the field, he who made the fire will have to make up for the damage.

    7 If a man puts money or goods in the care of his neighbour to keep for him, and it is taken from the man's house, if they get the thief, he will have to make payment of twice the value.

    8 If they do not get the thief, let the master of the house come before the judges and take an oath that he has not put his hand on his neighbour's goods.

    9 In any question about an ox or an ass or a sheep or clothing, or about the loss of any property which anyone says is his, let the two sides put their cause before God; and he who is judged to be in the wrong is to make payment to his neighbour of twice the value.

    10 If a man puts an ass or an ox or a sheep or any beast into the keeping of his neighbour, and it comes to death or is damaged or is taken away, without any person seeing it:

    11 If he takes his oath before the Lord that he has not put his hand to his neighbour's goods, the owner is to take his word for it and he will not have to make payment for it.

    12 But if it is taken from him by a thief, he is to make up for the loss of it to its owner.

    13 But if it has been damaged by a beast, and he is able to make this clear, he will not have to make payment for what was damaged.

    14 If a man gets from his neighbour the use of one of his beasts, and it is damaged or put to death when the owner is not with it, he will certainly have to make payment for the loss.

    15 If the owner is with it, he will not have to make payment: if he gave money for the use of it, the loss is covered by the payment.

  • Lev 6:4-5
    2 verses
    80%

    4 Then having taken off his linen robes and put on other clothing, he is to take it away into a clean place, outside the tent-circle.

    5 The fire on the altar is to be kept burning; it is never to go out; every morning the priest is to put wood on it, placing the burned offering in order on it, and there the fat of the peace-offering is to be burned.

  • Lev 24:18-21
    4 verses
    80%

    18 And anyone wounding a beast and causing its death, will have to make payment for it: a life for a life.

    19 And if a man does damage to his neighbour, as he has done, so let it be done to him;

    20 Wound for wound, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever damage he has done, so let it be done to him.

    21 He who puts a beast to death will have to make payment for it; he who puts a man to death will himself be put to death.

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    34 The owner of the hole is responsible; he will have to make payment to their owner, but the dead beast will be his.

    35 And if one man's ox does damage to another man's ox, causing its death, then the living ox is to be exchanged for money, and division made of the price of it, and of the price of the dead one.

    36 But if it is common knowledge that the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and its owner has not kept it under control, he will have to give ox for ox; and the dead beast will be his.

  • Prov 6:30-31
    2 verses
    78%

    30 Men do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it:

    31 But 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.

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    28 If an ox comes to be the cause of death to a man or a woman, the ox is to be stoned, and its flesh may not be used for food; but the owner will not be judged responsible.

    29 But if the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and the owner has had word of it and has not kept it under control, so that it has been the cause of the death of a man or woman, not only is the ox to be stoned, but its owner is to be put to death.

    30 If a price is put on his life, let him make payment of whatever price is fixed.

    31 If the death of a son or of a daughter has been caused, the punishment is to be in agreement with this rule.

    32 If the death of a man-servant or of a woman-servant is caused by the ox, the owner is to give their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox is to be stoned.

  • Deut 22:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 If you see your brother's ox or his sheep wandering, do not go by without helping, but take them back to your brother.

    2 If their owner is not near, or if you are not certain who he is, then take the beast to your house and keep it till its owner comes in search of it, and then you are to give it back to him.

  • 7 If a man takes by force one of his countrymen, the children of Israel, using him as his property or getting a price for him, that thief is to be put to death: so you are to put away evil from among you.

  • 16 Any man who gets another into his power in order to get a price for him is to be put to death, if you take him in the act.

  • 2 Give orders to Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law for the burned offering: the offering is to be on the fire-wood on the altar all night till the morning; and the fire of the altar is to be kept burning.

  • 4 If you come across the ox or the ass of one who is no friend to you wandering from its way, you are to take it back to him.

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    23 But if damage comes to her, let life be given in payment for life,

    24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

    25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, blow for blow.

  • 15 Do not take the property of another.

  • 7 Let 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.

  • 27 And if it is an unclean beast, then the owner of it may give money to get it back, in agreement with the value fixed by you, by giving a fifth more; or if it is not taken back, let it be given for money in agreement with your valuing.

  • 16 And he is to make payment to the priest for what he has done wrong in relation to the holy thing, together with a fifth part of its value in addition; and the priest will take away his sin by the sheep of his offering, and he will have forgiveness.

  • 6 And he will have to give back four times the value of the lamb, because he has done this and because he had no pity.

  • 27 Then let him take into account the years from the time when he gave it up, and make up the loss for the rest of the years to him who took it, and so get back his property.

  • 14 And in the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.

  • 31 Your ox will be put to death before your eyes, but its flesh will not be your food: your ass will be violently taken away before your face, and will not be given back to you: your sheep will be given to your haters, and there will be no saviour for you.

  • 19 Do not take the property of another.

  • 30 In the same way with your oxen and your sheep: for seven days let the young one be with its mother; on the eighth day give it to me.

  • 13 But if he has a desire to get it back for himself, let him give a fifth more than your value.