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Exodus 22:4

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If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.

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  1. Exodus 22:2

    If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

  2. Exodus 22:3

    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.

  3. Exodus 22:5

    If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man’s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.

  4. Exodus 22:6

    If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.