1 tn Both with this verb “stolen” and in the next clauses with “torn in pieces,” the text uses the infinitive absolute construction with less than normal emphasis; as Gesenius says, in conditional clauses, an infinitive absolute stresses the importance of the condition on which some consequence depends (GKC 342-43 §113.o).
2 sn The point is that the man should have taken better care of the animal.
3 tn Heb “it”; the referent (the ox) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the owner) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “according to this judgment it shall be done to him.”