1 If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and slaughters it or sells it, he shall restore five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.2 If the thief is found breaking in, and he is struck so that he dies, there shall be no blood shed for him.3 If the sun has risen upon him, there shall be guilt for his bloodshed. He shall make compensation to pay; if he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.4 If the thing stolen is found in his possession alive in his hand, whether it is an ox or donkey or sheep, he shall restore double.5 If a man causes a field or vineyard to be consumed, and lets loose his animal, and it consumes another mans field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.6 If fire breaks out and lights upon thorns, so that stacked grain, standing grain, or the field has been consumed, he who kindled the fire shall make compensation to pay.7 If a man delivers to his neighbor money or articles to keep, and it is stolen out of the mans house, if the thief is found, he shall restore double.8 If the thief is not found, then the master of the house shall be brought to the judges to see whether he has put his hand into his neighbors goods.9 For any kind of trespass, whether it be an ox, a donkey, a sheep, or clothing, or for any kind of lost item which another says is his, the matter of both of them shall come before the judges; and whomever the judges declare guilty shall restore double to his neighbor.10 If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies, is hurt, or driven away, no one seeing it,11 then an oath of Jehovah shall be between them both, that he has not put his hand into his neighbors goods; and the owner of it shall accept it, and he shall not make it good.12 But if, in fact, it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner of it.13 If it is rent and torn to pieces by a beast, then he shall bring it as evidence, and he shall not make good what was torn.14 And if a man borrows anything from his neighbor, and it becomes injured or dies, the owner of it not being with it, he shall make compensation to pay.15 If its owner was with it, he shall not make it good; if it was hired, it came for its hire.16 If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he shall give a dowry, the purchase price for her to be his wife.17 If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.18 You shall not allow a sorceress to live.19 Whoever lies with an animal shall be executed to death.20 He who sacrifices to any god, except to Jehovah only, he shall be utterly destroyed.21 You shall neither mistreat a sojourner nor oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.22 You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.23 If you afflict them to humiliate them, and they make an outcry to cry out unto Me, I will hear and give heed to their cry;24 and My anger will burn, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.25 If you lend money to My people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not lay interest on him.26 If you indeed take your neighbors garment as a pledge, you shall return it to him by the going down of the sun.27 For that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What will he sleep in? And it will be that when he cries out to Me, I will give heed, for I am gracious.28 You shall not curse God, nor curse a chief of your people.29 You shall not delay to offer the first of your ripe produce and your juices. The firstborn of your sons you shall give unto Me.30 Likewise you shall do with your oxen and your sheep. It shall be with its mother seven days; on the eighth day you shall give it unto Me.31 And you shall be holy men unto Me: you shall not eat flesh torn by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.
1 If ony man stelith a scheep, ether oxe, and sleeth, ether sillith, he schal restore fiue oxen for oon oxe, and foure scheep for o scheep.2 And if a nyyt theef brekynge an hows, ether vndurmynynge, is foundun, and is deed bi a wounde takun, the smytere schal not be gilti of blood;3 that if he dide this whanne the sunne was rysun, he dide man sleyng, and he schal die. If a theef hath not that, that he schal yelde for thefte, he schal be seeld;4 if that thing that he staal, is foundun quyk at hym, ether oxe, ether asse, ether scheep, he schal restore the double.5 If a man harmeth a feeld, ethir vyner, and suffrith his beeste, that it waaste othere mennus thingis, he schal restore for the valu of harm, `what euer beste thing he hath in his feeld, ethir vyner.6 If fier goith out, and fyndith eeris of corn, and catchith heepis of corn, ethir cornes stondynge in feeldis, he that kyndlide the fier schal yeelde the harm.7 If a man bitakith in to kepyng monei to a freend, ether a vessel `in to keping, and it is takun awey bi thefte fro hym that resseyuede, if the theef is foundun, he schal restore the double.8 If the theef is hid, the lord of the hows schal be brouyt to goddis, `that is, iugis, and he schal swere, that he helde not forth the hond in to `the thing of his neiybore,9 to `do fraude; as wel in oxe, as in asse, and in scheep, and in clooth; and what euer thing may brynge in harm, the cause of euer eithir schal come to goddis, and if thei demen, he schal restore the double to his neiybore.10 If ony man bitakith to his neiybore oxe, asse, scheep, and al werk beeste to kepyng, and it is deed, ether is maad feble, ethir is takun of enemyes, and no man seeth this,11 an ooth schal be in the myddis, that he helde not forth the hond to the `thing of his neiybore; and the lord schal resseyue the ooth, and he schal not be compellid to yelde.12 That if it is takun awei bi thefte, he schal restore the harm to the lord;13 if it is etun of a beeste, he schal brynge to the lord that that is slayn, and he schal not restore.14 He that axith of his neiybore ony thing of these bi borewyng, and it is feblid, ether deed, while the lord is not present, he schal be constreyned to yelde; that if the lord is in presence,15 he schal not restore, moost if it cam hirid, for the meede of his werk.16 If a man disseyueth a virgyn not yit weddid, and slepith with hir, he schal yyue dower to hir, and schal haue hir wijf.17 If the fadir of the virgyn nyle yyue, he schal yelde money, bi the maner of dower, which virgyns weren wont to take.18 Thou schalt not suffre witchis to lyue.19 He that doith letcherie with a beeste, die by deeth.20 He that offrith to goddis, out takun to the Lord aloone, be he slayn.21 Thou schalt not make sory a comelyng, nether thou schalt turmente hym; for also ye weren comelyngis in the lond of Egipt.22 Ye schulen not anoye a widewe, and a fadirles ethir modirles child.23 If ye hirten hem, thei schulen crye to me, and Y schal here the cry of hem,24 and my greet veniaunce schal haue indignacioun, and Y schal smyte you with swerd, and youre wyues schulen be widewis, and youre sones schulen be fadirles.25 If thou yyuest money to loone to my pore puple, that dwellith with thee, thou schalt not constreyne hym, as an extorsioner doith, nether thou schalt oppresse hym by vsuris.26 If thou takist of thi neiybore `a wed a clooth, thou schalt yelde to hym bifore the goyng doun of the sunne;27 for that aloone is the cloothing of his fleisch, with which he is hilid, nether he hath another, in which he slepith; if he crieth to me, Y schal here hym; for Y am mercyful.28 Thou schalt not bacbyte goddis, and thou schalt not curse the prince of thi puple.29 Thou schalt not tarye to offre to the Lord thi tithis, and firste fruytis. Thou schalt yyue to me the firste gendrid of thi sones;30 also of oxen, and of scheep thou schalt do in lijk maner; seuene daies be he with his modir, in the eiytithe dai thou schalt yelde hym to me.31 Ye schulen be holi men to me; ye schulen not ete fleisch which is bifore taastid of beestis, but ye schulen caste forth to houndis.