³⁶ However, if it was known that the bull had the habit of goring, yet the owner did not keep it penned up,^(A) the owner must pay, animal for animal, and take the dead animal in exchange.

Protection of Property

22 ^[a]“Whoever steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it must pay back^(A) five head of cattle for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.

² “If a thief is caught breaking in^(B) at night and is struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed;^{(C) 3} but if it happens after sunrise, the defender is guilty of bloodshed.

“Anyone who steals must certainly make restitution,^(D) but if they have nothing, they must be sold^(E) to pay for their theft. ⁴ If the stolen animal is found alive in their possession^(F)—whether ox or donkey or sheep—they must pay back double.^(G)

⁴ when they sin in any of these ways and realize their guilt, they must return^(A) what they have stolen or taken by extortion, or what was entrusted to them, or the lost property they found,

⁵ or whatever it was they swore falsely about. They must make restitution^(A) in full, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the owner on the day they present their guilt offering.^(B)

¹⁸ Anyone who takes the life of someone’s animal must make restitution^(A)—life for life.