So he must make restitution for the lamb fourfold, because he did such a thing and showed no pity.”
Exodus 22:1 - Tree of Life Version “If a thief found breaking in is struck so that he dies, there is no bloodguilt for him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition IF A man steals an ox or sheep and kills or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for an ox, or four sheep for a sheep. American Standard Version (1901) If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. Common English Bible When someone steals an ox or a sheep and then slaughters or sells it, the thief must pay back five oxen for the one ox or four sheep for the one sheep. Catholic Public Domain Version "If anyone will have stolen an ox or a sheep, and if he kills it or sells it, then he will restore five oxen for one ox, and four sheep for one sheep. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If any man steal an ox or a sheep, and kill or sell it: he shall restore five oxen for one ox, and four sheep for one sheep. |
So he must make restitution for the lamb fourfold, because he did such a thing and showed no pity.”
Or if it becomes known that the ox was given to violence in times past, and its owner has not kept it pent up, he must surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal will be his own.
Where there are no oxen, the stalls are clean, but from the strength of the ox comes an abundant harvest.
Yet if he is caught, he must repay sevenfold, giving up all the wealth of his house.
Moreover on your skirts is found the blood of the innocent poor —you did not find them breaking in. Yet in spite of all these things,
if the wicked restores a pledge, gives back what he had taken by robbery, walks in the laws of life, committing no iniquity—he will surely live, he will not die.
That person is to confess the sin he has committed, make full restitution for his wrong, add one fifth to it and give it to the one he wronged.
But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord. “Look, Master, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have somehow cheated anyone, I repay four times as much!”