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Exodus 22:1-14. Restitution and trust. Instructional tableau of grain measures, borrowed tools and livestock being accounted for before elders. Bronze Age Exodus setting, not first-century staging. One 16:9 single scene. No text or lettering.
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Exodus 22:1-14

Restitution and trust

Story guide: Laws require restitution for theft, damaged fields and property left in another’s care.

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1If the thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there is no bloodguilt for him.

2But if the sun has risen on him, there is bloodguilt for him. He must surely make restitution. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

3If the stolen item is actually found alive in his possession—whether ox, donkey, or sheep—he shall repay double.

4If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed over, and lets his animal loose so that it grazes in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.

5If a fire breaks out and catches in thorns, so that stacked grain or standing grain or the field is consumed, the one who started the fire must surely make restitution.

6If a man gives his neighbor money or goods to keep, and it is stolen from the man's house, if the thief is found, he shall pay double.

7If the thief is not found, the owner of the house shall come near to God to determine whether he has not laid his hand on his neighbor’s property.

8For every case of wrongdoing involving an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost thing about which someone says, ‘This is it,’ the case of both parties shall come before God. The one whom God declares guilty shall pay double to his neighbor.

9If a man gives his neighbor a donkey, or an ox, or a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies, or is injured, or is carried off, with no one seeing it,

10an oath of Yahweh shall be between the two of them, that he has not put his hand to his neighbor’s property; and its owner shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.

11But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.

12But if it is torn by beasts, he shall bring it as evidence; he shall not make restitution for what was torn.

13And if a man borrows from his neighbor, and it is injured or dies, if its owner is not with it, he shall surely make restitution.

14If its owner is with it, he shall not make restitution; if it is a hired thing, it came for its hire.

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