So he went and caught three hundred foxes. Two at a time, he tied their tails together and put torches in the knots.

Then he set fire to the torches and turned the foxes loose in the Philistine wheat fields. In this way he burned up not only the wheat that had been harvested but also the wheat that was still in the fields. The olive orchards were also burned.

So Absalom said to his servants, "Look, Joab's field is next to mine, and it has barley growing in it. Go and set fire to it." So they went and set the field on fire.

Joab went to Absalom's house and demanded, "Why did your servants set fire to my field?"

"In every case of a dispute about property, whether it involves cattle, donkeys, sheep, clothing, or any other lost object, the two people claiming the property shall be taken to the place of worship. The one whom God declares to be guilty shall pay double to the other one.

but if the animal was stolen, the man must repay the owner.

"If someone takes the cover off a pit or if he digs one and does not cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,

he must pay for the animal. He is to pay the money to the owner and may keep the dead animal.