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Exodus 22:8-16 Young's Literal Translation Of The Holy Bible (YLT98)

8. `If the thief is not found, then the master of the house hath been brought near unto God, whether he hath not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbour;

9. for every matter of transgression, for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, for any lost thing of which it is said that it is his; unto God cometh the matter of them both; he whom God doth condemn, he repayeth double to his neighbour.

10. `When a man doth give unto his neighbour an ass, or ox, or sheep, or any beast to keep, and it hath died, or hath been hurt, or taken captive, none seeing--

11. an oath of Jehovah is between them both, that he hath not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbour, and its owner hath accepted, and he doth not repay;

12. but if it is certainly stolen from him, he doth repay to its owner;

13. if it is certainly torn, he bringeth it in--a witness; the torn thing he doth not repay.

14. `And when a man doth ask [anything] from his neighbour, and it hath been hurt or hath died--its owner not being with it--he doth certainly repay;

15. if its owner [is] with it, he doth not repay, --if it [is] a hired thing, it hath come for its hire.

16. `And when a man doth entice a virgin who [is] not betrothed, and hath lain with her, he doth certainly endow her to himself for a wife;

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