1 If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it, he shall pay five head of cattle {bakar: domesticated herd} instead of the ox and four sheep {tson: flock members} instead of the sheep.
2 If in the act of breaking in {macheret: forced entry} the thief is found and is struck and dies, there is no bloodguilt {damim: liability for shed blood} for him.
3 But if the sun has risen upon him, bloodguilt {damim: liability for bloodshed} shall rest on the one who struck him; the thief must make full restitution. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft {bignevato: theft offense}.
4 If the stolen item {ganavah: stolen property} is found in his possession—whether it be an ox, a donkey, or a sheep—and it is alive, he shall pay double {shnayim: twofold compensation}.
5 If a man lets his livestock graze in a field or vineyard and it strays into another person’s field, he must make restitution from the best{meitav: choicest portion} of his own field and the best of his own vineyard{karmo: private vineyard}.
6 If a fire goes out and finds thorns, and a heap {gadish: grain heap} or the standing grain or the field is consumed, the one who kindled the burning must make complete {shalem: total} restitution.
7 If a man gives silver {kesef: valuable currency} or goods to keep to his neighbor, and they are stolen from the man’s house, if the thief is found, he shall pay double {shenayim: twofold reparation}.
8 If the thief is not found, the owner of the house must approach God {elohim, Supreme Judge} to determine whether he has not stretched out his hand {shalah: deliberate action} into his neighbor’s property.
9 For every trespass {pesha: wrongful taking} concerning an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item about which one says “This is it,” the case of both parties shall come before the judges {Elohim, Judicial Authorities}, and whoever the judges declare guilty shall pay double to his neighbor.
10 If a man gives to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal for safekeeping {lishmor: entrusted for safeguarding}, and it dies, or is broken, or is taken away while no one is watching {ro’eh: observing witness}:
11 The oath of the LORD {YHWH, Ultimate Judge} shall be between the two of them: if he has not stretched out his hand in the property {melechet: entrusted goods} of his companion, then its owner shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.
12 And if it is stolen {ganov: emphatic certainty} from him, he must make restitution {yishallem: full compensation} to its owner.
13 If it is torn apart by beasts, he shall bring it as witness {ed: legal testimony}, and he shall not pay for the torn thing {hatterefah: carcass evidence}.
14 And if a man borrows {yish’al: formal request} something from his neighbor and it is broken or dies while the owner is not present, he must make restitution {shalem: full compensation}.
15 If the owner {bealaiv: presence-based liability} is with it, he will not pay; if it is a hired animal, its hire {sakhro: pre-paid arrangement} has come.
16 And if a man seduces a virgin {betulah: unmarried woman} who is not betrothed and lies with her, he must surely pay the bride-price {mahor: marriage payment} and she shall be his wife.
17 And if her father absolutely refuses {me’en: emphatic refusal} to give her to him, he shall weigh out silver {ke-seph: marriage payment} according to the bride-price of virgins.
18 You shall not let a sorceress {mekhashefah: female sorcery practitioner} live {tehayyeh: grant life}.
19 Any person who lies {shochev: engages sexually} with an animal {behemah: non-human creature} must surely be put to death.
20 Whoever sacrifices to gods {elohim: spiritual beings}—except to the LORD {YHWH, Sole Covenant Deity} alone—must be devoted to destruction.
21 You shall not exploit a sojourner {ger: resident alien} or press him down with oppression, because you were sojourners {gerim: temporary dwellers} in the land of Egypt.
22 You must not oppress {teanun: inflict hardship} any widow or orphan {yatom: fatherless one}.
23 If you surely afflict them, and if they cry out to Me {elai, Divine Judge}, I will surely hear their cry {tsa'aqato: outcry of distress}.
24 And my anger will burn, and I {YHWH, Divine Judge} will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows {almanot: bereaved spouses} and your sons orphans.
25 If you lend silver to my {YHWH, Guardian of the Community} poor among you, you shall not assume the role of a creditor, nor impose interest {neshekh: prohibited surcharge} on him.
26 If you take as a pledge your neighbor’s garment {salmat: outer cloak}, you shall return it to him before the sun {hashemesh: sun’s descent} sets.
27 For it is his only covering; it is his cloak for his skin—what else will he sleep in? And it shall be that when he cries out to Me {elai, Compassionate Hearer}, I will hear, for I am gracious {channun: Abounding in Compassion}.
28 You shall not speak curses against God {Elohim, Supreme Judge}, and you shall not pronounce a curse upon a ruler {nasi: Community Leader} among your people.
29 You shall not hold back {te’akher: defer offering} the first of your harvest and the outflow of your press. You shall give to Me {YHWH, Covenant Recipient} the firstborn of your sons.
30 In this way you shall do with your ox and with your flock: for seven days it shall be with its mother {immo: close maternal care}; on the eighth day you shall give it to Me {YHWH, Lawgiver}.
31 And you shall be men of holiness to Me {li: Sovereign Lawgiver}, and you shall not eat flesh torn in the field; rather, you shall cast it to the hound {kelev: scavenger animal}.