English Standard Version

Exodus 22:11-30 English Standard Version (ESV)

11. an oath by the Lord shall be between them both to see whether or not he has put his hand to his neighbor’s property. The owner shall accept the oath, and he shall not make restitution.

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

13. If it is torn by beasts, let him bring it as evidence. He shall not make restitution for what has been torn.

14. “If a man borrows anything of his neighbor, and it is injured or dies, the owner not being with it, he shall make full restitution.

15. If the owner was with it, he shall not make restitution; if it was hired, it came for its hiring fee.

16. “If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price for her and make her his wife.

17. If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money equal to the bride-price for virgins.

18. “You shall not permit a sorceress to live.

19. “Whoever lies with an animal shall be put to death.

20. “Whoever sacrifices to any god, other than the Lord alone, shall be devoted to destruction.

21. “You shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

22. You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child.

23. If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry,

24. and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.

25. “If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him.

26. If ever you take your neighbor’s cloak in pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down,

27. for that is his only covering, and it is his cloak for his body; in what else shall he sleep? And if he cries to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.

28. “You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

29. “You shall not delay to offer from the fullness of your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to me.

30. You shall do the same with your oxen and with your sheep: seven days it shall be with its mother; on the eighth day you shall give it to me.