Midrash for Exodus 22:3
אִֽם־הִמָּצֵא֩ תִמָּצֵ֨א בְיָד֜וֹ הַגְּנֵבָ֗ה מִשּׁ֧וֹר עַד־חֲמ֛וֹר עַד־שֶׂ֖ה חַיִּ֑ים שְׁנַ֖יִם יְשַׁלֵּֽם׃ (ס)
If the theft be found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep, he shall pay double.
Sifra
1) (Vayikra 19:11) ("You shall not steal, and you shall not deny, and you shall not lie, one to another.") "You shall not steal": What is the intent of this (i.e., the prohibition against stealing has already been stated.) Because it is written in respect to stealing (Shemoth 22:6) "He shall pay double, we know the punishment. Where is the exhortation? (It is here,) "You shall not steal."
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