Bible Verses

If what has been stolen is found alive in his possession, be it an ox, donkey, or sheep, he must pay double.

but if it happened after dawn, he will be guilty of murder. The thief must make full restitution. If he cannot do this, he must be sold for the value of what he has stolen.

If a thief is caught breaking into a house and receives a mortal blow, the man who struck him will not be guilty of his death;

Laws Concerning Property If a man steals an ox or a sheep and either slaughters or sells it, he must pay five oxen for the ox, four sheep for the sheep.

Or, if it is known that the ox has been in the habit of goring and its owner has not kept it in, he must compensate the neighbor by giving a live ox, but the dead ox will belong to him.

When a man’s ox injures his neighbor’s ox and kills it, they will sell the live ox and divide both the money and the meat of the dead animal.

 the owner of the pit will compensate the animal’s owner by paying him money, but he may keep the dead animal.

When a man leaves a pit uncovered or digs a pit and leaves it open, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

If the ox gores a man or woman slave, the owner of the slave shall be paid thirty pieces of silver, and the ox will be stoned.