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"And if men struggle with each other and strike a woman with child so that she gives birth prematurely, yet there is no injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman's husband will set for him, and he shall pay as the judges decide.

But if there is any further injury, then you shall pay life for life,

eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

burn for burn, bruise for bruise, wound for wound.

If a ransom is demanded of him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is demanded of him.

Or if it is known that the ox was previously in the habit of goring, yet its owner has not confined it, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal shall become his.

"If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.

But if the sun has risen on him, there will be bloodguiltiness on his account. He shall surely make restitution; if he owns nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

"If a man gives his neighbor money or goods to keep for him and it is stolen from the man's house, if the thief is caught, he shall pay double.

For every breach of trust, whether it is for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any lost thing about which one says, ‘This is it,' the case of both parties shall come before the judges; he whom the judges condemn shall pay double to his neighbor.

"If a man gives his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep for him, and it dies or is injured or is driven away while no one is looking,

Now if it is all torn to pieces, let him bring it as evidence; he shall not make restitution for what has been torn to pieces.

But if its owner is with it, he shall not make restitution; if it is hired, it came for its hire.

"If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged and lies with her, he must pay a dowry for her to be his wife.

If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money equal to the dowry for virgins.

"You shall not mistreat a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

for that is his only covering; it is his cloak for his body. What else shall he sleep in? And it shall be that when he cries out to Me, I will hear him, for I am gracious.

Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for I will not justify the guilty.

"And you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just.

"And you shall not oppress a sojourner, since you yourselves know the soul of a sojourner, for you also were sojourners in the land of Egypt.