Exodus 22:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

If you steal an ox and slaughter or sell it, you must replace it with five oxen; if you steal a sheep and slaughter it or sell it, you must replace it with four sheep.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:6

And because he didn't have any pity on the poor man, he will have to pay four times what the lamb was worth.”

Exodus 21:36

If you refuse to fence in a bull that is known to attack others, you must pay for any animal it kills, but the dead animal will belong to you.

Proverbs 14:4

Without the help of an ox there can be no crop, but with a strong ox a big crop is possible.

Proverbs 6:31

And thieves who get caught must pay back seven times what was stolen and lose everything.

Jeremiah 2:34

You killed innocent people for no reason at all. And even though their blood can be seen on your clothes,

Ezekiel 33:15

For example, they need to return anything they have taken as security for a loan and anything they have stolen. Then if they stop doing evil and start obeying my Law, they will live.

Numbers 5:7

You must confess your guilt and pay the victim in full for whatever damage has been done, plus a fine of twenty per cent.

Luke 19:8

Later that day Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “I will give half of my property to the poor. And I will now pay back four times as much to everyone I have ever cheated.”