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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 ESV</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="../">ESV</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 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">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/exodus/22.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/22-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Ch 21:37 in Hebrew">a</a></sup></span> “If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he shall repay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/22-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Ch 22:1 in Hebrew">b</a></sup></span> If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/22-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>but if the sun has risen on him, there shall be bloodguilt for him. He<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, the thief">c</a></sup></span> shall surely pay. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/22-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>If the stolen beast is found alive in his possession, whether it is an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he shall pay double.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/22-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed over, or lets his beast loose and it feeds in another man’s field, he shall make restitution from the best in his own field and in his own vineyard.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“If fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the field is consumed, he who started the fire shall make full restitution.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“If a man gives to his neighbor money or goods to keep safe, and it is stolen from the man’s house, then, if the thief is found, he shall pay double. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If the thief is not found, the owner of the house shall come near to God to show whether or not he has put his hand to his neighbor’s property. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For every breach of trust, whether it is for an ox, for a donkey, for a sheep, for a cloak, or for any kind of lost thing, of which one says, ‘This is it,’ the case of both parties shall come before God. The one whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“If a man gives to his neighbor a donkey or an ox or a sheep or any beast to keep safe, and it dies or is injured or is driven away, without anyone seeing it, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>an oath by the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> shall be between them both to see whether or not he has put his hand to his neighbor’s property. The owner shall accept the oath, and he shall not make restitution. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>If it is torn by beasts, let him bring it as evidence. He shall not make restitution for what has been torn.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/22-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“If a man borrows anything of his neighbor, and it is injured or dies, the owner not being with it, he shall make full restitution. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>If the owner was with it, he shall not make restitution; if it was hired, it came for its hiring fee.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or it is reckoned in (Hebrew comes into) its hiring fee">d</a></sup></span></p> <p class="heading">Laws About Social Justice</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“If a man seduces a virgin<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or a girl of marriageable age; also verse 17">e</a></sup></span> who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or engagement present; also verse 17">f</a></sup></span> for her and make her his wife. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/22-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money equal to the bride-price for virgins.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/22-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“You shall not permit a sorceress to live.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“Whoever lies with an animal shall be put to death.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/22-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“Whoever sacrifices to any god, other than the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> alone, shall be devoted to destruction.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, set apart (devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)">g</a></sup></span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/22-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“You shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/22-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/22-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/22-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/22-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/22-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>If ever you take your neighbor’s cloak in pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/22-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>for that is his only covering, and it is his cloak for his body; in what else shall he sleep? And if he cries to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/22-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>“You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/22-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>“You shall not delay to offer from the fullness of your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to me. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/22-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>You shall do the same with your oxen and with your sheep: seven days it shall be with its mother; on the eighth day you shall give it to me.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/22-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>“You shall be consecrated to me. Therefore you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Ch 21:37 in Hebrew<br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Ch 22:1 in Hebrew<br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> That is, the thief<br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">15</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">it</span> is reckoned in</i> (Hebrew <i>comes into</i>) <i>its hiring fee</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">a</span> girl of marriageable age</i>; also verse 17<br /><span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> Or <i>engagement present</i>; also verse 17<br /><span class="footnotesbot">g</span> <span class="fnverse">20</span> That is, set apart (<span class="catch-word">devoted</span>) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)<br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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