16. If anyone harbours in his house a runaway male or female slave from the palace or the house of a noble, and does not bring them out at the command of the majordomo, the master of the house shall be put to death.
17. If anyone has caught a runaway male or female slave in the field, and brings him back to his master, the master of the slave shall give him two shekels of silver.
18. If that slave will not name his owner, to the palace he shall bring him; his case shall be investigated; to his owner one shall bring him.
19. If he retains that slave in his house, and if, later, the slave is found in his hands, that man shall be put to death.
20. If the slave escapes from the house of the one who caught him, that man shall swear to the owner of the slave in the name of God and he shall be quit.
Provisions concerning Robbery
21. If anyone has broken a hole in a house, in front of that hole one shall kill him and bury him.
22. If anyone has committed a robbery and is caught, he shall be killed.
23. If the robber is not caught, the man who has been robbed shall make claim before God to everything stolen from him, and the town and its governor within the territory and limits of which the robbery took place shall give back to him everything he has lost.
24. If it was a life, the city and governor shall pay one mina of silver to his people.