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"Now if people struggle with each other and strike a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, but there is no injury, the guilty person shall certainly be fined as the woman's husband may demand of him, and he shall pay as the judges decide.

"But if there is any further injury, then you shall appoint as a penalty life for life,

"And if he knocks out a tooth of his male or female slave, he shall let the slave go free on account of the tooth.

"Now if an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox shall certainly be stoned and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall go unpunished.

"If, however, an ox was previously in the habit of goring and its owner has been warned, yet he does not confine it and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner also shall be put to death.

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

"Whether it gores a son or a daughter, it shall be done to him according to the same rule.

"If the ox gores a male or female slave, the owner shall give his or her master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

"Now if someone opens a pit, or digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

"If someone 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—

"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 sold for his theft.

"If what he stole is actually found alive in his possession, whether an ox or a donkey or a sheep, 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.

"If a fire breaks out and spreads to thorn bushes, and stacked grain or the standing grain or the field itself is consumed, the one who started the fire must make restitution.

"If someone 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,

an oath before the LORD shall be taken by the two of them that he has not laid a hand on his neighbor's property; and its owner shall accept it, and he shall not be compelled to make restitution.

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

"You shall not allow a sorceress to live.

"You shall not oppress a stranger nor torment him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

"If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest.