Property Rights

22 “^[a]If someone steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for the ox and ^(A)four sheep for the sheep— ^2 [b]If the ^(B)thief is ^[c]caught while ^[d]breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no guilt for bloodshed on his account. ³ If the sun has risen on him, there will be guilt for bloodshed on his account—A thief shall certainly make restitution; if he owns nothing, then he shall be ^(C)sold for his theft. ⁴ If what he stole is actually found alive in his ^[e]possession, whether an ox or a donkey or a sheep, ^(D)he shall pay double.

⁴ then it shall be, when he sins and becomes guilty, that he shall ^(A)restore what he took by robbery or acquired by extortion, or the deposit which was ^[a]entrusted to him, or the lost property which he found,

⁵ or anything about which he swore falsely; ^(A)he shall make restitution for it ^[a]in full and add to it a fifth more. ^(B)He shall give it to the one to whom it belongs on the day he presents his guilt offering.

⁸ But Zaccheus stopped and said to ^(A)the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I am giving to the poor, and if I have ^(B)extorted anything from anyone, I am giving back ^(C)four times as much.”