Quotes about Justice
If payment is demanded of him instead, he may redeem his life by paying the full amount demanded of him.
— Exodus 21:30
If the ox gores a son or a daughter, it shall be done to him according to the same rule.
— Exodus 21:31
If the ox gores a manservant or maidservant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver to the master of that servant, and the ox must be stoned.
— Exodus 21:32
If a man’s ox injures his neighbor’s ox and it dies, they must sell the live one and divide the proceeds; they also must divide the dead animal.
— Exodus 21:35
But if it was known that the ox had a habit of goring, yet its owner failed to restrain it, he shall pay full compensation, ox for ox, and the dead animal will be his.
— Exodus 21:36
“If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.
— Exodus 22:1
If a thief is caught breaking in and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of bloodshed.
— Exodus 22:2
But if it happens after sunrise, there is guilt for his bloodshed. A thief must make full restitution; if he has nothing, he himself shall be sold for his theft.
— Exodus 22:3
If what was stolen is actually found alive in his possession—whether ox or donkey or sheep—he must pay back double.
— Exodus 22:4
If a man grazes his livestock in a field or vineyard and allows them to stray so that they graze in someone else’s field, he must make restitution from the best of his own field or vineyard.
— Exodus 22:5
If a fire breaks out and spreads to thornbushes so that it consumes stacked or standing grain, or the whole field, the one who started the fire must make full restitution.
— Exodus 22:6
If a man gives his neighbor money or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double.
— Exodus 22:7