Exodus 22:8
If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.
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6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed ; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
7 If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.
8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.
9 For all manner of trespass, for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, for any manner of lost thing, which challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing :