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

burn for burn, cut for cut, sore for sore.

But if he is allowed to pay for his life, then he will pay whatever is asked of him.

the owner of the hole will pay for the loss. He will give money to the animal's owner. And the dead animal will become his.

Or if it is known that the bull has tried to kill with its horns in the past, but its owner has not kept it shut up, he will pay bull for bull. And the dead animal will become his.

"If a man steals a bull or a sheep and kills it or sells it, he will pay five bulls for the bull and four sheep for the sheep.

If the robber is caught while breaking in, and is hit so that he dies, the owner of the house is not guilty for his blood.

But if the sun has risen on him, there will be guilt for his blood. The robber must pay for the loss. If he has nothing, then he must be sold for stealing.

If a man lets his cattle eat from a field or grape-field and lets his cattle loose to eat in another man's field, he will pay for the loss from the best of his own field or grape-field.

"When a fire starts and spreads to thorn bushes so as to burn up picked grain or standing grain or the field itself, he who started the fire will pay for the loss.

"If a man gives his neighbor money or things to keep for him, and it is stolen from the man's house, if the robber is caught he will pay twice as much as the loss.

For every wrong act, if it is for bull, donkey, sheep, clothing, or any lost thing about which someone says, ‘This is mine,' the stories of both men will come in front of the judges. Whoever the judges say is guilty will pay his neighbor twice as much as the loss.

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

the two men will make a promise before the Lord that he has not taken what belongs to his neighbor. The owner will take his word for it. And he will not make him pay for the loss.

But if it is stolen from him, he will pay the owner for the loss.

If the animal is torn to pieces, let him bring it to prove what happened. He will not pay for what has been torn to pieces.

"If a man asks to use anything that belongs to his neighbor, and it gets hurt or dies while its owner is not with it, the man who was using it will pay for the loss.

If its owner is with it, the man who was using it will not pay for the loss. If he paid money to use it, then the loss is paid for.

"If a man tempts a woman who has never had a man and is not promised in marriage, and lies with her, he must pay a wedding gift for her to be his wife.

If her father will not give her to him, he will pay the wedding gift that is to be paid for women who have never had a man.