If what was stolen—whether ox, donkey, or sheep—is actually found alive in his possession, he must repay double.

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If the stolen animal is found alive in their possession(A)—whether ox or donkey or sheep—they must pay back double.(B)

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Laws about Personal Property

“When a man gives his neighbor valuables[a] or goods to keep, but they are stolen from that person’s house, the thief, if caught, must repay double.

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  1. 22:7 Lit silver

“If anyone gives a neighbor silver or goods for safekeeping(A) and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double.(B)

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In any case of wrongdoing involving an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or anything else lost, and someone claims, ‘That’s mine,’[a] the case between the two parties is to come before the judges.[b] The one the judges condemn[c] must repay double to his neighbor.

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  1. 22:9 Lit That is it
  2. 22:9 Or before God
  3. 22:9 Or one whom God condemns

In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any other lost property about which somebody says, ‘This is mine,’ both parties are to bring their cases before the judges.[a](A) The one whom the judges declare[b] guilty must pay back double to the other.

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  1. Exodus 22:9 Or before God
  2. Exodus 22:9 Or whom God declares

“Speak tenderly to[a] Jerusalem,
and announce to her
that her time of hard service is over,
her iniquity(A) has been pardoned,(B)
and she has received from the Lord’s hand
double for all her sins.”(C)

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  1. 40:2 Lit Speak to the heart of

Speak tenderly(A) to Jerusalem,
    and proclaim to her
that her hard service(B) has been completed,(C)
    that her sin has been paid for,(D)
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
    double(E) for all her sins.

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18 I will first repay them double for their iniquity(A) and sin because they have polluted my land. They have filled my inheritance with the carcasses of their abhorrent and detestable idols.”

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18 I will repay(A) them double(B) for their wickedness and their sin, because they have defiled my land(C) with the lifeless forms of their vile images(D) and have filled my inheritance with their detestable idols.(E)(F)

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18 Let my persecutors be put to shame,(A)
but don’t let me be put to shame.
Let them be terrified, but don’t let me be terrified.
Bring on them the day of disaster;(B)
shatter them with total[a] destruction.

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  1. 17:18 Lit double

18 Let my persecutors be put to shame,
    but keep me from shame;
let them be terrified,
    but keep me from terror.
Bring on them the day of disaster;
    destroy them with double destruction.(A)

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