If the thief is not caught, the owner of the house must present himself to the judges[a] to determine[b] whether or not he has taken his neighbor’s property.(A) In any case of wrongdoing involving an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or anything else lost, and someone claims, ‘That’s mine,’[c] the case between the two parties is to come before the judges.[d] The one the judges condemn[e] must repay double to his neighbor.

10 “When a man gives his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any other animal to care for, but it dies, is injured, or is stolen, while no one is watching,

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Footnotes

  1. 22:8 Or to God
  2. 22:8 LXX, Tg, Vg read swear
  3. 22:9 Lit That is it
  4. 22:9 Or before God
  5. 22:9 Or one whom God condemns

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