Exodus 22:5

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“A man might let his animal loose to graze in his field or vineyard. If the animal wanders into another person’s field or vineyard, then the owner must pay. The payment must come from the best of his crop.

Cross References

Job 20:18

He will be forced to give back his profits. He will not be allowed to enjoy what he worked for,

Exodus 22:12

But if the neighbor stole the animal, then he must pay the owner for the animal.

Exodus 21:34

The man who owns the hole must pay for the animal. But after he pays for the animal, he will be allowed to keep the body of that animal.

Exodus 22:6

“A man might start a fire to burn thornbushes on his field. But if the fire grows and burns his neighbor’s crops or the grain growing on the neighbor’s field, the man who started the fire must pay for what he burned.

Numbers 16:14

Why should we follow you? You did not bring us into the new land filled with many good things. You did not give us the land God promised. You did not give us the fields or the vineyards. Will you make these men your slaves? No! We will not come.”