Quotes about Law

In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ‘This is mine,’ both parties shall bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges find guilty must pay back double to his neighbor.

If the animal was torn to pieces, he shall bring it as evidence; he need not make restitution for the torn carcass.

If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife.

If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.

You must not allow a sorceress to live.

Whoever lies with an animal must surely be put to death.

And do not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”

And the LORD said to Moses,

both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys.

both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys.

This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”