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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Exodus 22 Smith's Literal Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/exodus/22.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/exodus/22-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">SLT</a> > Exodus 22</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../exodus/21.htm" title="Exodus 21">◄</a> Exodus 22 <a href="../exodus/23.htm" title="Exodus 23">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Smith's Literal Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/exodus/22-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Property Laws<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/22-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>If a man shall steal an ox or a sheep, and slaughter it or sell it, he shall recompense five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/22-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>If in breaking in a thief shall be found, and he was smitten and died, no bloods for him. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/22-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>If the sun was risen upon him, bloods for him: recompensing, he shall recompense; if nothing to him, to be sold for his theft. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/22-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>If finding, the theft shall be found in his hand, from an ox to an ass, to a sheep; living, he shall recompense two.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/22-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>If a man shall feed a field or vineyard, and send forth the cattle and feed in another field: from the good of his field and from the good of his vineyard shall he recompense.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>If fire shall come forth, and find thorns, and it consume the heap of sheaves or stalk of grain, or the field; he having kindled the fire, recompensing, he shall recompense.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>If a man shall give to his friend silver or vessels to watch, and it was stolen out of the man's house, if the thief shall be found he shall recompense double. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If the thief shall not be found, and the lord of the house being brought to God, if he put not forth his hand upon his friend's goods. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For every word of transgression, for ox, for ass, for sheep, for garment, for every loss which if this say is his: to God the word of both of them shall come; whom God shall condemn, he shall recompense double to his friend.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>If a man shall give to his friend an ass or ox or sheep or all cattle to watch; and it died, or being broken or being taken captive, not being seen: <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>An oath of Jehovah shall be between them both if he put not forth his hand to his friend's goods; and its lord shall take and he shall not recompense. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And if stealing, it shall be stolen from him, he shall recompense to his lord. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>If tearing in pieces, it shall be torn in pieces, he shall bring it a witness; the torn in pieces he shall not recompense.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/22-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And if a man shall ask from his friend, and being broken or dying, its lord not with it, recompensing, he shall recompense. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>If its lord be with it, he shall not recompense: if hired, it came for its hire.<p> <A name="17"></a><p class="hdg">Laws of Social Responsibility<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>If a man shall seduce a virgin who was not betrothed, and lying with her, endowing, he shall endow her to him for a wife. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/22-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>If her father refusing shall refuse to give her to him, he shall weigh the silver according to the dowry of virgins.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/22-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Thou shalt not preserve alive a sorceress.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Every one lying with a quadruped, dying, shall die.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/22-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He sacrificing to a God except to Jehovah himself alone, shall be devoted to destruction.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/22-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Thou shalt not treat evil the stranger, and thou shalt not press him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/22-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Every widow and orphan ye shall not afflict. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/22-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>If afflicting, thou shalt afflict him, if crying, he shall cry to me, hearing, I will hear his cry. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/22-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And my anger kindling, I killed you with the sword; and your wives were widows, and your sons orphans.<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/22-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>If thou shalt lend silver to my people being poor with thee, thou shalt not be to him, as lending; ye shall not put interest upon him. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/22-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>If taking in pledge, thou shalt take in pledge the garment of thy friend, at the going down of the sun thou shalt turn it back to him. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/22-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>For it is his covering alone; his garment for his nakedness in which he shall lie; and it was when he shall cry to me, and I heard, for I am compassionate.<p> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/22-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Thou shalt not make light of God, and thou shalt not curse the chiefs of thy people.<p> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/22-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Thy fulness and thy tears thou shalt not delay: the first-born of thy sons thou shalt give to me. <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/22-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Thus shalt thou do to thine ox, to thy sheep: seven days shall it be with its mother; in the eighth day thou shalt give it to me.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/22-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And ye shall be holy men to me, and ye shall not eat flesh torn in pieces in the field; ye shall cast it to the dog.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally From The Original Tongues by Julia E. 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