If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.

{Men} do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.

As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,

Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.

If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour; {in fellowship: or, in dealing} {fellowship: Heb. putting of the hand}

For all manner of trespass, {whether it be} for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, {or} for any manner of lost thing, which {another} challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; {and} whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.

Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt {is} yours. {regard...: Heb. let not your eye spare, etc.}

Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, {and} give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering. {in the day...: or, in the day of his being found guilty: Heb. in the day of his trespass}