Positive Commandment #468 of 613
The court must implement punitive measures against a thief
Commandment #468 — a positive obligation from Exodus 22:1, classified under Courts, Crimes, and Punishments in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.”
— Exodus 22:1
Hebrew
לז כִּי יִגְנֹב-אִישׁ שׁוֹר אוֹ-שֶׂה, וּטְבָחוֹ אוֹ מְכָרוֹ--חֲמִשָּׁה בָקָר, יְשַׁלֵּם תַּחַת הַשּׁוֹר, וְאַרְבַּע-צֹאן, תַּחַת הַשֶּׂה.
Greek (Septuagint)
1 (21:37) Ἐὰν δέ τις κλέψῃ μόσχον ἢ πρόβατον καὶ σφάξῃ αὐτὸ ἢ ἀποδῶται, πέντε μόσχους ἀποτείσει ἀντὶ τοῦ μόσχου καὶ τέσσαρα πρόβατα ἀντὶ τοῦ προβάτου.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Courts, Crimes, and Punishments
- Book
- exodus
- Chapter
- 22
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Mishpatim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #54
- Mishneh Torah
- InjuriesTheft
Related Commandments in “Courts, Crimes, and Punishments”
#131: The court must fine one who sexually seduces a maiden
Exodus 22:16
#464: The court must judge the damages incurred by an animal eating
Exodus 22:5
#465: The court must judge the damages incurred by a pit
Exodus 21:33
#466: The court must judge the damages incurred by fire
Exodus 22:6
#469: Each individual must ensure that his scales and weights are accurate
Leviticus 19:36
#470: Do not commit injustice with scales and weights
Leviticus 19:35
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