Catholic Public Domain Version

Exodus 22:13-21 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

13. If it has been eaten by a wild beast, let him carry what was killed to him, and then he shall not make restitution.

14. If anyone borrows from his neighbor any of these things, and it has died or been disabled when the owner was not present, he shall be compelled to make restitution.

15. But if the owner was present, he shall not make restitution, especially if it had been brought for hired work.

16. If a man has led astray a virgin not yet betrothed, and he has slept with her, he shall pay her dowry and have her as a wife.

17. If the father of the virgin is not willing to give her, he shall pay money according to manner of a dowry, which virgins are accustomed to receive.

18. You shall not permit practitioners of the black arts to live.

19. Whoever has sexual intercourse with an animal shall be put to death.

20. Whoever immolates to gods, other than to the Lord, shall be killed.

21. You shall not harass the newcomer, nor shall you afflict him. For you yourselves were once newcomers in the land of Egypt.