I definitely agree that things are going down and theft is one of the many problems today.
Now I'm going to cite law here in the next couple of paragraphs, but I'm going to paraphrase it some.1.
"When a man steals an ox or a sheep (also combines, sprayers, trucks, cars, money etc,) and shall slaughter it or sell it (or destroy it, burn it, ruin it, etc.) he shall pay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep (Bet you can figure it out) ..... ..... ..... . If the theft is found alive in his hand whether it is ox, sheep, or donkey, (our whatever else) he repays double"* Now I'm still looking for where this next one is from, so it's paraphrased. 2.
but if the thief can't pay the owner, the thief is to work it off. Now the next one regulates the owner who the thief is working for. 3.
"and when a man smites the eye of his male or female servant and destroyes it, he is to let him go for his eyes sake.
and if he knocks out the tooth of his male or female servant he is to let him go for the sake of his tooth." **
What do you that the world would be like if these laws were followed?
And someone near my farm owes me anywhere from 8 to 16 rolls of baling twine. *exodus 22:1 & 4 **exodus 21:26-27
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