Exodus 22:7–13

⁷“Suppose a man gives his neighbor money or other things to keep for him and those things are stolen from the neighbor’s house. If the thief is caught, he must pay back twice as much as he stole. ⁸But if the thief is never found, the owner of the house must make a promise before God that he has not stolen his neighbor’s things.

⁹“Suppose two men disagree about who owns something—whether ox, donkey, sheep, clothing, or something else that is lost. If each says, ‘This is mine,’ each man must bring his case to God. God’s judges will decide who is guilty, and that person must pay the other man twice as much as the object is worth.

¹⁰“Suppose a man asks his neighbor to keep his donkey, ox, sheep, or some other animal for him, and that animal dies, gets hurt, or is taken away, without anyone seeing what happened. ¹¹That neighbor must promise before the Lord that he did not harm or kill the other man’s animal, and the owner of the animal must accept his promise made before God. The neighbor does not have to pay the owner for the animal. ¹²But if the animal was stolen from the neighbor, he must pay the owner for it. ¹³If wild animals killed it, the neighbor must bring the body as proof, and he will not have to pay for the animal that was killed.