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If you do any of these things, you are guilty of doing wrong. You must give back whatever you stole or whatever you took by cheating. You must return whatever you took that another person asked you to hold, or whatever you found and lied about having, or whatever you made a false promise about. You must pay the full price and then add one-fifth of that amount as a fine and give it all to the true owner. You must also bring a ram to the Lord that has nothing wrong with it (or the same amount in silver) to the priest.

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when they sin in any of these ways and realize their guilt, they must return(A) what they have stolen or taken by extortion, or what was entrusted to them, or the lost property they found, or whatever it was they swore falsely about. They must make restitution(B) in full, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the owner on the day they present their guilt offering.(C) And as a penalty they must bring to the priest, that is, to the Lord, their guilt offering,(D) a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value.(E)

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