⁶“If someone starts a fire in his own field and it spreads through the weeds to someone else’s field and burns up corn that is growing or that has been cut and stacked, the one who started the fire is to pay for the damage.

⁷“If anyone agrees to keep someone else’s money or other valuables for him and they are stolen from his house, the thief, if found, shall repay double. ⁸But if the thief is not found, the one who was keeping the valuables is to be brought to the place of worship and there he must take an oath that he has not stolen the other one’s property.

⁹“In every case of a dispute about property, whether it involves cattle, donkeys, sheep, clothing, or any other lost object, the two people claiming the property shall be taken to the place of worship. The one whom God declares to be guilty shall pay double to the other one.

¹⁰“If someone agrees to keep a neighbour’s donkey, cow, sheep, or other animal for him, and the animal dies or is injured or is carried off in a raid, and if there was no witness, ¹¹the man must go to the place of worship and take an oath that he has not stolen the other man’s animal. If the animal was not stolen, the owner shall accept the loss, and the other man need not repay him; ¹²but if the animal was stolen, the man must repay the owner. ¹³If it was killed by wild animals, the man is to bring the remains as evidence; he need not pay for what has been killed by wild animals.

¹⁴“If anyone borrows an animal from someone else and it is injured or dies when its owner is not present, he must pay for it.

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