Holy Scripture
Exodus 22:1
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“Therefore the thief being taken pays fourfold, but he that spoils by violence is worse than he that steals. And if this last ought to give fourfold what he stole, the extortioner should give tenfold and much more; and it is much if even so he can make atonement for his injustice; for of almsgiving not even then will h…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
1And if the thief be found in the breach made by himself and be smitten and die, there shall not be blood shed for him.
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— Exodus 22:1 —
2But if the sun be risen upon him, he is guilty, he shall die instead; and if a thief have nothing, let him be sold in compensation for what he has stolen.
3And if the thing stolen be left and be in his hand alive, whether ox or sheep, he shall restore them twofold.