Jerome, Saint, Divina Bibliotheca 02. Liber Elle Smoth Qui Dicitur Exodus

[C. LV, Cap. XXII] Si quis furatus fuerit bovem, aut ovem, et occiderit, vel vendiderit : quinque bo- ves pro uno bove restituet, et quatuor oves pro una ove. [C. LVI.] Si effringens fur domum, sive suffo- diens fuerit inventus, et accepto vulnere, mortuus fuerit : percussor non erit reus sanguinis. Quod si, orto sole, hoc fecerit, homicidium perpetravit, et ipse morietur. Si non habuerit quod pro furto red- dat, [Vulg. add. ipse] venumdabitur. Si inventum fuerit apud eum quod furatus est, vivens, sive bos, sive asinus, sive ovis : duplum restituet. [C. LVII.] Si laeserit quispiam agrum vel vineam : et dimiserit jumentum suum, ut depascatur aliena : quidquid opti- mum habuerit in agro suo, vel in vinea, pro damni aestimatione restituet. [C. LVIII.] Si egressus ignis invenerit c. spinas, et comprehenderit acervos fru- gum, sive stantes segetes in agris, reddet damnum qui ignem succenderit. [C. LIX ] Si quis commenda- verit amico pecuniam, aut vas in custodiam, et ab eo qui susceperat, furto ablata fuerint : si invenitur fur, duplum reddet. Si latet fur, dominus domus ap- plicabitur ad deos, ct jurabit quod non extenderit manum in rem proximi sui, ad perpetrandam frau- dem, tam in bove, quam in asino, et ove ac vesti- mento; et quidquid damni inferre potest : ad deos utriusque causa perveniet, et si illi judicaverint, du- plum restituet proximo suo. [C. LX.] Si quis com- mendaverit proximo suo asinum, bovem, ovem, et omne jumentum, ad custodiam, et mortuum fuerit, aut debilitatum, vel captum ab hostibus, nullusque hoc viderit : jusjurandum erit in medio, quod non extenderit manum ad rem proximi sui : suscipietque dominus juramentum, et ille reddere non cogetur. Quod si furto ablatum fuerit, restituet damnum do- mino, Si comestum a bestia, a proferat ad eum quod occisura est, et non restituet. [C. LXI.] Qui a proxi- mo suo quidquam horum mutuo postulaverit, et de- bilitatum aut mortuum fuerit, domino non praesente, reddere compelletur. Quod si in praesentiarum fue- rit dominus, non restitnet, maxime si conductum venerat pro mercede operis sui. [C. LXII ] Si se- duxerit quis virginem necdum desponsatam, dor- mieritque cum ea : dotabit eam, et habebit eam uxo- rem. Si pater virginis dare noluerit, reddet pecuniam juxta modum dotis, quam virgines accipere consuc- runt. [C. LXIII.] Maleficos non patieris vivere. [C. LXIV.] Qui coierit cum jumento, morte moriatur. [C.LXV.] Qui immolat diis, occidetur, praeterquam Domino soli. [C. LXVI.] Advenam non contristabis, neque affliges eum : advenae enim et ipsi fuistis iu terra Aegypti. [C. LXVII.] Viduae et pupillo non no- cebitis. Si laeseritis cos, vociferabuntur ad me, et ego audiam clamorem eorum, et indignabitur furor meus, percutiamque vos gladio, et erunt uxores ve- strae viduae, et filii vestri pupilli. [C. LVIII.] Si pe- cuniam mutuam dederis populo meo pauperi, qui ha- bitat tecum, non urgebis eum quasi exactor, nec usuris opprimes. Si pignus a proximo tuo acceperis vestimentum, ante solis occasum reddes ei. Ipsum enim est solum quo operitur, indumentum carnis ejus, nec habet aliud in quo dormiat; si clamaverit [h. Eterit, si clamaverit] ad me, exaudiam eum, quia misericors sum. [C. LXIX.] Diis non detrahes, et principi populi tui non maledices. [C. LXX.] Decimas tuas et primitias tuas non tardabis offerre. [C LXXI.] Primogenitum filiorum tuorum dabis mihi. De bobus quoque, et ovibus similiter facies : septem diebus sit cum matre sua, die octava reddes illum mihi. [C. LXXII.] Viri sancti eritis mihi. Carnem, quae a be- stiis fuerit praegustata, non comedetis, sed projicie- tis canibus.

[C. LV, Ch. XXII] If anyone steals an ox or a sheep, and kills or sells it, he shall restore five oxen for one ox, and four sheep for one sheep. [C. LVI.] If a thief is found breaking into a house or digging under it, and is wounded and dies, the one who struck him shall not be guilty of blood. But if he did this after the sun had risen, he has committed homicide, and he himself shall die. If [the thief] has nothing to repay for the theft, [Vulg. adds: he himself] he shall be sold. If what he stole is found with him alive, whether ox or ass or sheep, he shall restore double. [C. LVII.] If anyone damages a field or a vineyard, and lets his beast loose to graze on what belongs to another, he shall restore, according to the estimate of the damage, whatever is best in his own field or vineyard. [C. LVIII.] If a fire breaks out and catches thorns, and seizes stacks of grain or crops standing in the fields, the one who lit the fire shall make good the loss. [C. LIX.] If anyone entrusts money or a vessel to a friend for safekeeping, and they are stolen from the one who received them: if the thief is found, he shall repay double. If the thief is not found, the master of the house shall be brought before the gods, and shall swear that he did not stretch out his hand to his neighbour's property to commit fraud, whether in ox or ass or sheep or garment; and whatever loss can be caused, the case of both shall come before the gods, and if they give judgement, he shall restore double to his neighbour. [C. LX.] If anyone entrusts to his neighbour an ass, an ox, a sheep or any beast for safekeeping, and it dies, or is injured, or is captured by enemies, and no one saw this, there shall be an oath between them that he did not stretch out his hand to his neighbour's property; and the owner shall accept the oath, and the other shall not be compelled to make restitution. But if it was stolen, he shall make good the loss to the owner. If it was eaten by a wild beast, let him bring him what was killed, and he shall not make restitution. [C. LXI.] Whoever asks his neighbour for the loan of any of these, and it is injured or dies when the owner is not present, shall be compelled to make restitution. But if the owner was present, he shall not make restitution, especially if it had come hired for the price of its work. [C. LXII.] If anyone seduces a virgin not yet betrothed and sleeps with her, he shall give her a dowry and have her as his wife. If the virgin's father is unwilling to give her, he shall pay money according to the measure of the dowry that virgins are accustomed to receive. [C. LXIII.] You shall not allow sorcerers to live. [C. LXIV.] Whoever has intercourse with a beast, let him be put to death. [C. LXV.] Whoever sacrifices to gods, except to the Lord alone, shall be killed. [C. LXVI.] You shall not grieve a stranger, nor afflict him: for you yourselves were also strangers in the land of Egypt. [C. LXVII.] You shall not harm a widow or an orphan. If you hurt them, they will cry out to me, and I will hear their cry, and my fury will be roused, and I will strike you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows and your children orphans. [C. LVIII.] If you lend money to my people, to the poor man who lives among you, you shall not press him like a debt-collector, nor crush him with interest. If you take your neighbour's garment as a pledge, you shall return it to him before sunset. For that is his only covering, the clothing of his flesh, and he has nothing else to sleep in; if he cries [h.: and it shall be, if he cries] to me, I will hear him, because I am merciful. [C. LXIX.] You shall not disparage the gods, and you shall not curse the ruler of your people. [C. LXX.] You shall not delay to offer your tithes and your first-fruits. [C. LXXI.] You shall give me the firstborn of your sons. You shall do likewise with oxen and sheep: let it be seven days with its mother; on the eighth day you shall give it back to me. [C. LXXII.] You shall be holy men to me. You shall not eat flesh that has first been tasted by wild beasts, but you shall throw it to the dogs.