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  "kind": "Chapter",
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    "generated": "2026-08-22T14:14:13Z",
    "language": "en",
    "book": "exodus",
    "chapter": 22
  },
  "data": {
    "n": 22,
    "bookSlug": "exodus",
    "bookCode": "EXO",
    "refId": "",
    "title": "",
    "translation": null,
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    "paragraphs": [{
        "n": 1,
        "refId": "EXO-22:1",
        "verseRef": "Exod.22.1",
        "text": "If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep."
      },{
        "n": 2,
        "refId": "EXO-22:2",
        "verseRef": "Exod.22.2",
        "text": "If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "EXO-22:3",
        "verseRef": "Exod.22.3",
        "text": "If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for him; he shall make restitution: if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft."
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "EXO-22:4",
        "verseRef": "Exod.22.4",
        "text": "If the theft be found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep, he shall pay double."
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "EXO-22:5",
        "verseRef": "Exod.22.5",
        "text": "If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall let his beast loose, and it feed in another man`s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution."
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "EXO-22:6",
        "verseRef": "Exod.22.6",
        "text": "If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution."
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "EXO-22:7",
        "verseRef": "Exod.22.7",
        "text": "If a man shall deliver unto his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man`s house; if the thief be found, he shall pay double."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "EXO-22:8",
        "verseRef": "Exod.22.8",
        "text": "If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall come near unto God, [to see] whether he have not put his hand unto his neighbor`s goods."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "EXO-22:9",
        "verseRef": "Exod.22.9",
        "text": "For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, [or] for any manner of lost thing, whereof one saith, This is it, the cause of both parties shall come before God; he whom God shall condemn shall pay double unto his neighbor."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "EXO-22:10",
        "verseRef": "Exod.22.10",
        "text": "If a man deliver unto his neighbor an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:"
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "EXO-22:11",
        "verseRef": "Exod.22.11",
        "text": "the oath of Jehovah shall be between them both, whether he hath not put his hand unto his neighbor`s goods; and the owner thereof shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution."
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "EXO-22:12",
        "verseRef": "Exod.22.12",
        "text": "But if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof."
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "EXO-22:13",
        "verseRef": "Exod.22.13",
        "text": "If it be torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness: he shall not make good that which was torn."
      },{
        "n": 14,
        "refId": "EXO-22:14",
        "verseRef": "Exod.22.14",
        "text": "And if a man borrow aught of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof not being with it, he shall surely make restitution."
      },{
        "n": 15,
        "refId": "EXO-22:15",
        "verseRef": "Exod.22.15",
        "text": "If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be a hired thing, it came for its hire."
      },{
        "n": 16,
        "refId": "EXO-22:16",
        "verseRef": "Exod.22.16",
        "text": "And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife."
      },{
        "n": 17,
        "refId": "EXO-22:17",
        "verseRef": "Exod.22.17",
        "text": "If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins."
      },{
        "n": 18,
        "refId": "EXO-22:18",
        "verseRef": "Exod.22.18",
        "text": "Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live."
      },{
        "n": 19,
        "refId": "EXO-22:19",
        "verseRef": "Exod.22.19",
        "text": "Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death."
      },{
        "n": 20,
        "refId": "EXO-22:20",
        "verseRef": "Exod.22.20",
        "text": "He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto Jehovah only, shall be utterly destroyed."
      },{
        "n": 21,
        "refId": "EXO-22:21",
        "verseRef": "Exod.22.21",
        "text": "And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt."
      },{
        "n": 22,
        "refId": "EXO-22:22",
        "verseRef": "Exod.22.22",
        "text": "Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child."
      },{
        "n": 23,
        "refId": "EXO-22:23",
        "verseRef": "Exod.22.23",
        "text": "If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;"
      },{
        "n": 24,
        "refId": "EXO-22:24",
        "verseRef": "Exod.22.24",
        "text": "and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless."
      },{
        "n": 25,
        "refId": "EXO-22:25",
        "verseRef": "Exod.22.25",
        "text": "If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest."
      },{
        "n": 26,
        "refId": "EXO-22:26",
        "verseRef": "Exod.22.26",
        "text": "If thou at all take thy neighbor`s garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goeth down:"
      },{
        "n": 27,
        "refId": "EXO-22:27",
        "verseRef": "Exod.22.27",
        "text": "for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? And it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious."
      },{
        "n": 28,
        "refId": "EXO-22:28",
        "verseRef": "Exod.22.28",
        "text": "Thou shalt not revile God, nor curse a ruler of thy people."
      },{
        "n": 29,
        "refId": "EXO-22:29",
        "verseRef": "Exod.22.29",
        "text": "Thou shalt not delay to offer of thy harvest, and of the outflow of thy presses. The first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me."
      },{
        "n": 30,
        "refId": "EXO-22:30",
        "verseRef": "Exod.22.30",
        "text": "Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, [and] with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with its dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me."
      },{
        "n": 31,
        "refId": "EXO-22:31",
        "verseRef": "Exod.22.31",
        "text": "And ye shall be holy men unto me: therefore ye shall not eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs."
      }
    ]
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