But if it was stolen<n id="1" /> from him,<n id="2" /> he will pay its owner.

<p class="poetry">When you see a thief, you join him;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you associate with men who are unfaithful to their wives.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Whoever shares with a thief<n id="1" /> is his own enemy;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he hears the oath to testify,<n id="3" /> but does not talk.p>

for I really was kidnapped<n id="1" /> from the land of the Hebrews and I have done nothing wrong here for which they should put me in a dungeon.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">If a man is found kidnapping a person from among his fellow Israelites,<n id="1" /> and regards him as mere property<n id="2" /> and sells him, that kidnapper<n id="3" /> must die. In this way you will purge<n id="4" /> evil from among you.p>

<p class="poetry">Just as a thief has to suffer dishonor when he is caught,p> <p class="poetry">so the people of Israel<n id="1" /> will suffer dishonor for what they have done.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">So will their kings and officials,p> <p class="poetry">their priests and their prophets.p>