Exodus 22:5

New International Reader's Version

“Suppose someone lets their livestock eat grass in someone else’s field or vineyard. Then they must pay that person back from the best crops of their own field or vineyard.

Cross References

Job 20:18

What they worked for they must give back before they can eat it. They won’t enjoy what they have earned.

Exodus 21:34

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.

Exodus 22:12

But suppose the animal really was stolen. Then the neighbor must pay the owner back.

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 22:4

What if the stolen ox, donkey or sheep is found alive with the thief? Then the thief must pay back twice as much.

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.

Numbers 16:14

Besides, you haven’t brought us into a land that has plenty of milk and honey. You haven’t given us fields and vineyards of our own. Do you want to treat these men like slaves? No! We won’t come!”