If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
si ce qu'il a dérobé, boeuf, âne, ou agneau, se trouve encore vivant entre ses mains, il fera une restitution au double.
KJV
If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
Philo Judaeus
De Specialibus Legibus (lib. i‑iv)
ὡς M ἄγῃ καὶ φέρῃ coni. Mang. 14 πολέμιος] πόλεως ἐχθρὸς coni. Mang. γεγράφθω seclusit Mang. 15 sqq. Exod. 22,4. cf. loseph. Ant. lud. IV § 271 ... ὁ δὲ χρυσὸν ἡ ἄργυρον ὑφελόμενος τὸ διπλοῦν ἀποτινέτω. Philonis opera vol. V. 14 ἐπιχειρῶν φωρὸς τρόπον, δῐ αἰδῶ προκάλυμμα ποιούμεν…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
inting the punishment for theft, the Law considered what would be likely to happen most frequently ( Ex. 22:1-9 ): wherefore, as regards theft of other things which can easily be safeguarded from a thief, the thief restored only twice their value. But sheep cannot be easily safeg…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 165 (Migne)
ne jucundissime frueretur, Israeliticus populus non Deo, sed conflatili vitulo sacrificia immolabat (Exod. XXII, 4) , eique insultans, ab ipso Domino legitur perculsus, et valida morte damnatus; tantum ut ex illo peccato amisit viginti tria millia hominum. Quod denotat Psalmista,…
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