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Verse 1

sheep: or, goat

he shall: There is a smaller compensation required in other things - Exodus 22:9, and also a disproportion between an ox and a sheep. The reason of the former is, as Maimonides explains it, because money, goods, etc., are better guarded in houses and cities, than cattle in a field; which consequently can be more easily stolen. The reason of the latter seems to be, as it is explained by Bishop Patrick, that an ox was of greater value, and more useful for the purposes of husbandry. Leviticus 6:1-Joshua :, Numbers 5:7, 2 Samuel 12:6, Proverbs 6:31, Luke 19:8

five oxen: Proverbs 14:4

Reciprocal: Exodus 22:4 - he shall restore double Leviticus 5:16 - make Leviticus 6:5 - restore Leviticus 19:11 - shall not Deuteronomy 24:7 - then that Job 20:10 - his hands Ezekiel 33:15 - give

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