...together. The first reads, " If a man shall steal an ox or a sheep and kill it or sell it, he shall pay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep." Analogy requires that this should be followed immediately by the other alternative, " If the theft...

...One who Stole an Ox 33 If anyone should steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep [Ex. 21, 37]. That is the Law. Against it Tradition teaches that if the thief consecrated the stolen...