[If] one robs his father and swears to him, and he dies, he pays the principal and a fifth to his sons or to his brothers. But if he does not wish to, or if he does not have, he may borrow, and the creditors come and receive their payment.

[If] one says to his son, “Konam, if you benefit from what is mine,” and he dies, he inherits him. [But if he said it should apply] during his lifetime and after his death, and he dies, he does not inherit him, and he must return [it] to his sons or to his brothers. If he does not have, he may borrow, and the creditors come and receive payment.

[If] one robs a proselyte and swears to him, and he dies, he pays the principal and a fifth to the Kohanim and a guilt-offering to the Altar, as it is said (Numbers 5:8): But if the man has no kinsman to whom to return [the restitution for] the guilt, [the resti-tution for] the guilt which is returned to HASHEM [goes] to the Kohen, besides the ram of the atonements, with which he shall atone for him.  [If] he was bringing up the money and the guilt-offering, and he died, the money shall be given to his sons, and the guilt-offering shall graze until it develops a blemish; it is then sold, and its money is placed in the donative-offering [chest].

[If] he gave the money to the Kohanim of the watch, and he died, the heirs cannot exact it from them, as it is said (Numbers 5:10): A man who gives it to the Kohen —- it shall be his.  [If] he gives the money to Yehoyariv and the guilt-offering to Yedayah, he has fulfilled his obligation.  [If he gives] the guilt-offering to Yehoyariv and the money to Yedayah —- if the guilt-offering exists, the sons of Yedayah shall offer it; if not, he must bring another guilt-offering, for one who brings what he stole before he brings his guilt-offering has fulfilled [his obligation, but] one who brings his guilt-offering before he brings what he stole has not fulfilled [his obligation].  [If] he gave the principal but did not give the fifth, the fifth does not prevent [atonement].

[If] one stole [something] and gave [it] to his children to eat, or left [it] to them, they are exempt from paying; but if there was something which can have a lien on it, they are obligated to pay. We may not change money from the customs collectors' box or from the tax collectors' purse, nor may we accept charity from them. One may, however, accept from his house or from the street.

[If] the customs collectors took his donkey and gave him another donkey, [or if] robbers stole his clothing and gave him other clothing, they are his, since the owners despair of them.  One who rescues from a river, from a troop, or from robbers —- if the owners have despaired [of them], they are his.  Likewise, a swarm of bees —- if the owners have despaired [of them], they are his. Said R' Yochanan ben Berokah: A woman or a minor is believed to say: “This swarm came out of here.” And one may go into another's field to save his swarm. If he inflicted damage, he must pay for what he damaged; but he may not cut off his branch with the intention of making restitution. R' Yishmael the son of R' Yochanan ben Berokah says: He may even cut [it] off and make restitution.

[If] one recognizes his utensils or his books in another's possession, and a report of theft had gone forth in the city concerning him, the purchaser must swear how much he paid, and he receives [it]. Otherwise, it does not avail him, for I say: He sold them to another, and this one purchased them from him.

[If] this one came with his barrel of wine, and this one came with his jug of honey, [and] the jug of honey cracked, and this one spilled out his wine and saved the honey in it, he is entitled only to his wage. But if he said: “I will save yours, and you pay me for mine,” he is obligated to pay him.  [If] a river swept away his donkey and another's donkey —- his being worth a hun-dred [zuz], and the other's, two hundred —- [and] he left his and saved the other's, he is entitled only to his wage. But [if] he said to him: `I will save yours, and you pay me for mine,' he is obligated to pay him.

One who robs another of his field, and tyrants take it —- if it is a plague of the province, he may say to him: “Here is your property before you;” but if it is because of the robber, he must provide him [with] another field. [If] a river inundated it, he may say to him: “Here is your property before you.”

[If] one robs another, or borrows from him, or deposits [something] with him in a settled region, he may not return it to him in the wilderness, on condition that he was going out to the wilderness, he may return it to him in the wilderness.

[If] one says to another: “I robbed you,” “You lent me,” [or] “You deposited with me,” ... but I do not know whether I returned [it] to you or whether I did not return [it] to you,“ he is obligated to pay. But if he says to him: “I do not know whether I robbed you,” “whether you lent me,” [or] “whether you deposited with me,” he is exempt from paying.

[If] one steals a lamb from the flock and returns it, and it dies or is stolen, he is responsible for it. [If] the owners were aware neither of its theft nor of its return, and they counted the flock and it was complete, he is exempt.

We may not purchase wool, milk, or kids from shepherds, nor wood or fruit from watchmen of fruit; but we may purchase from women woolen garments in Judea, linen garments in Galilee, and calves in Sharon. But [if] any of them says that they must be kept hidden, it is prohibited. We may purchase eggs and fowl anywhere.

Shreds of wool that the launderer pulls out belong to him, but what the wool comber pulls out belongs to the owner. The launderer may pull out three threads, and they belong to him; [if he pulls out] more than that, they belong to the owner. If it was black on white, he may take off everything and they belong to him.  [If] a tailor left over thread enough to sew with it, or a patch which is three [fingerbreadths] square, they belong to the owner.  What a carpenter takes out with a plane be-longs to him; with a hatchet, belongs to the owner.  [If] he was working on the owner's premises, however, even the saw-dust belongs to the owner.