Exodus 22:1
If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
KJV
Si quis furatus fuerit bovem aut ovem, et occiderit vel vendiderit : quinque boves pro uno bove restituet, et quatuor oves pro una ove.
Vulgate
Ἐὰν δέ τις κλέψη μόσχον ἢ πρόβατον καὶ σφάξῃ ἢ ἀποδῶται, πέντε μόσχους ἀποτίσει ἀντὶ τοῦ μόσχου καὶ τέσσερα πρόβατα ἀντὶ τοῦ προβάτου.
LXX
If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
ASV
אִם בַּ/מַּחְתֶּ֛רֶת יִמָּצֵ֥א הַ/גַּנָּ֖ב וְ/הֻכָּ֣ה וָ/מֵ֑ת אֵ֥ין ל֖/וֹ דָּמִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- 2Sam 12:6 — And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
- 2Sam 12:6 — And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
- Exod 22:4 — If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
- Ezek 33:15 — If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.
- Lev 19:11 — Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
- Luke 19:8 — And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
- Luke 19:8 — And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
- Num 5:7 — Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he ha
- Prov 6:31 — But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
- Prov 6:31 — But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.