Laws About Restitution

Exodus 21

33 "And if a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls in it, 34 "the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money to their owner, but the dead animal shall be his.

35 "If one man's ox hurts another's, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and divide the money from it; and the dead ox they shall also divide. 36 "Or if it was known that the ox tended to thrust in time past, and its owner has not kept it confined, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal shall be his own.

Exodus 22

1 "If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and slaughters it or sells it, he shall a restore five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep. 2 "If the thief is found b breaking in, and he is struck so that he dies, there shall be c no guilt for his bloodshed. 3 "If the sun has risen on him, there shall be guilt for his bloodshed. He should make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be d sold 1 for his theft. 4 "If the theft is certainly e found alive in his hand, whether it is an ox or donkey or sheep, he shall f restore double.

5 "If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed, and lets loose his animal, and it feeds in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.

6 "If fire breaks out and catches in thorns, so that stacked grain, standing grain, or the field is consumed, he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

7 "If a man g delivers to his neighbor money or articles to keep, and it is stolen out of the man's house, h if the thief is found, he shall pay double. 8 "If the thief is not found, then the master of the house shall be brought to the i judges to see whether he has put his hand into his neighbor's goods. 9 "For any kind of trespass, whether it concerns an ox, a donkey, a sheep, or clothing, or for any kind of lost thing which another claims to be his, the j cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whomever the judges condemn shall pay double to his neighbor.

10 "If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies, is hurt, or driven away, no one seeing it, 11 "then an k oath of the LORD shall be between them both, that he has not put his hand into his neighbor's goods; and the owner of it shall accept that, and he shall not make it good. 12 "But l if, in fact, it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner of it. 13 "If it is m torn to pieces by a beast, then he shall bring it as evidence, and he shall not make good what was torn.

14 "And if a man borrows anything from his neighbor, and it becomes injured or dies, the owner of it not being with it, he shall surely make it good. 15 "If its owner was with it, he shall not make it good; if it was hired, it came for its hire.

  1. Cross References
    2 Samuel 12:6
    "And he shall restore fourfold for the lamb, because he did this thing and because he had no pity."
    Proverbs 6:31
    Yet when he is found, he must restore sevenfold; He may have to give up all the substance of his house.
    Luke 19:8
    Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold.
  2. Cross References
    Job 24:16
    In the dark they break into houses Which they marked for themselves in the daytime; They do not know the light.
    Matthew 6:19
    Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
    Matthew 24:43
    But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.
    1 Peter 4:15
    But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as a busybody in other people's matters.
  3. Cross References
    Numbers 35:27
    And the avenger of blood finds him outside the limits of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the manslayer, he shall not be guilty of blood.
  4. Cross References
    Exodus 21:2
    If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years; and in the seventh he shall go out free and pay nothing.
    Matthew 18:25
    But as he was not able to pay, his master commanded that he be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and that payment be made.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 21:16
    He who kidnaps a man and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, shall surely be put to death.
  6. Cross References
    Proverbs 6:31
    Yet when he is found, he must restore sevenfold; He may have to give up all the substance of his house.
  7. Cross References
    Leviticus 6:1 - 7
    And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
  8. Cross References
    Exodus 22:4
    If the theft is certainly found alive in his hand, whether it is an ox or donkey or sheep, he shall restore double.
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 21:6
    Then his master shall bring him to the judges. ...
    Exodus 21:22
    If men fight, and hurt a woman with child, so t...
    Exodus 22:28
    You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of ...
    Deuteronomy 17:8
    If a matter arises which is too hard for you to...
    Deuteronomy 17:9
    And you shall come to the priests, the Levites,...
    Deuteronomy 19:17
    Then both men in the controversy shall stand be...
  10. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 25:1
    If there is a dispute between men, and they come to court, that the judges may judge them, and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked.
    2 Chronicles 19:10
    Whatever case comes to you from your brethren who dwell in their cities, whether of bloodshed or offenses against law or commandment, against statutes or ordinances, you shall warn them, lest they trespass against the LORD and wrath come upon you and your brethren. Do this, and you will not be guilty.
  11. Cross References
    Hebrews 6:16
    For men indeed swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is for them an end of all dispute.
  12. Cross References
    Genesis 31:39
    That which was torn by beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it. You required it from my hand, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.
  13. Cross References
    Genesis 31:39
    That which was torn by beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it. You required it from my hand, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.
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