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"^(F1)If someone steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for the ox and ^(C1)four sheep for the sheep—

"^(F1)If the ^(C1)thief is ^(F2)caught while ^(F3)breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no guilt for bloodshed on his account.

"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 ^(C1)sold for his theft.

"If what he stole is actually found alive in his ^(F1)possession, whether an ox or a donkey or a sheep, ^(C1)he shall pay double.

"If someone lets a field or vineyard be grazed bare and lets his animal loose so that it grazes in another person's field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.