Exodus 22:8-10
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
8 If the thief is not caught, the owner of the house shall be brought before God,[a] to determine whether or not the owner had laid hands on the neighbour’s goods.
9 In any case of disputed ownership involving ox, donkey, sheep, clothing, or any other loss, of which one party says, ‘This is mine’, the case of both parties shall come before God;[b] the one whom God condemns[c] shall pay double to the other.
10 When someone delivers to another a donkey, ox, sheep, or any other animal for safekeeping, and it dies or is injured or is carried off, without anyone seeing it,
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- Exodus 22:8 Or before the judges
- Exodus 22:9 Or before the judges
- Exodus 22:9 Or the judges condemn
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