Exodus 22:1
Hebrew Text— Exodus 22:1“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.
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Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.
It shall be, when he is guilty of one of these, he shall confess that in which he has sinned;
Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,
“You shall not steal.
“ ‘If a man eats something holy unwittingly, then he shall add the fifth part of its value to it, and shall give the holy thing to the priest.
“ ‘If they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me; and also that because they walked contrary to me,
Joshua said to Achan, “My son, please give glory to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and make confession to him. Tell me now what you have done! Don’t hide it from me!”
He said to them, “Yahweh is witness against you, and his anointed is witness today, that you have not found anything in my hand.” They said, “He is witness.”
He must restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity!”
He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.
if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that which he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he will surely live. He will not die.
Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.”
He will restore that for which he labored, and will not swallow it down. He will not rejoice according to the substance that he has gotten.
He who practices deceit won’t dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won’t be established before my eyes.
but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house.
He said to them, “Collect no more than that which is appointed to you.”
“Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
If the stolen property is found in his hand alive, whether it is ox, donkey, or sheep, he shall pay double.
“If a man delivers to his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it is stolen out of the man’s house, if the thief is found, he shall pay double.
For every matter of trespass, whether it is for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, about which one says, ‘This is mine,’ the cause of both parties shall come before God. He whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.
“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.
He shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the ordinance; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin which he has sinned, and he shall be forgiven.
“If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against Yahweh, and deals falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or has oppressed his neighbor,
But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of it to its valuation.
If he who dedicates it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall be his.
If it is an unclean animal, then he shall buy it back according to your valuation, and shall add to it the fifth part of it; or if it isn’t redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.
If a man redeems anything of his tithe, he shall add a fifth part to it.
If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring will not be satisfied with bread.
Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.
He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.
He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
“If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,
Soldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages.”
But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.
Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.
I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.
For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still,
If the sun has risen on him, he is guilty of bloodshed. He shall make restitution. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
All its fat he shall burn on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin, and he will be forgiven.
He shall make restitution for that which he has done wrong regarding the holy thing, and shall add a fifth part to it, and give it to the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and he will be forgiven.
or any thing about which he has sworn falsely: he shall restore it in full, and shall add a fifth part more to it. He shall return it to him to whom it belongs in the day of his being found guilty.
“ ‘As is the sin offering, so is the trespass offering; there is one law for them. The priest who makes atonement with them shall have it.
“ ‘You shall not steal. “ ‘You shall not lie. “ ‘You shall not deceive one another.
then he shall confess his sin which he has done; and he shall make restitution for his guilt in full, add to it the fifth part of it, and give it to him in respect of whom he has been guilty.
Here I am. Witness against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Of whose hand have I taken a bribe to make me blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.”
Then they said, “We will restore them, and will require nothing of them. We will do so, even as you say.” Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they would do according to this promise.
His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,
His children will seek the favor of the poor. His hands will give back his wealth.
Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor?
Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.
that I may give wealth to those who love me. I fill their treasuries.
An abundance of food is in poor people’s fields, but injustice sweeps it away.
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
Many waters can’t quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned.
First I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable things, and have filled my inheritance with their abominations.”
As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man. The four of them had the face of a lion on the right side. The four of them had the face of an ox on the left side. The four of them also had the face of an eagle.
“I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in every town; yet you haven’t returned to me,” says Yahweh.
But because he couldn’t pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.