Exodus 21:34

New International Reader's Version

Then the person who opened the pit must pay the animal’s owner for the loss. The dead animal will belong to the person who opened the pit.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:6

The man must pay back four times as much as that lamb was worth. How could he do such a thing? And he wasn’t even sorry he had done it.”

Exodus 21:33

“Suppose someone uncovers a pit or digs one and does not cover it. And suppose an ox or donkey falls into it.

Exodus 21:35

“Suppose someone’s bull wounds a neighbor’s bull and it dies. Then the owner and the neighbor must sell the live one. And they must share the money and the dead animal equally.

Exodus 22:14

“Suppose someone borrows an animal from their neighbor. And it gets hurt or dies while the owner is not there. Then the borrower must pay for it.

Exodus 22:3

But suppose it happens after the sun has come up. Then you are guilty of murder. “Anyone who steals must pay for whatever they steal. But suppose the thief does not have anything. Then the thief must be sold to pay for what was stolen.

Exodus 22:6

“Suppose a fire breaks out and spreads into bushes. Suppose it burns cut and stacked grain or grain that is still growing. Or suppose it burns the whole field. Then the one who started the fire must pay for the loss.

Proverbs 6:31

But when he is caught, he must pay seven times as much as he stole. It may even cost him everything he has.

Ezekiel 33:15

They return things they take to make sure loans are repaid. They give back what they have stolen. They obey my rules that give life. They do not do what is evil. Then you can be sure they will live. They will not die.