And if he will not listen, then cry aloud as with the sound of a trumpet: Whosoever robs a temple, if he be a slave or foreigner shall be branded in the face and hands, and scourged, and cast naked beyond the border.

And perhaps this may improve him: for the law aims either at the reformation of the criminal, or the repression of crime.

No punishment is designed to inflict useless injury.

But if the offender be a citizen, he must be incurable, and for him death is the only fitting penalty.

His iniquity, however, shall not be visited on his children, nor shall his property be confiscated.
As to the exaction of penalties, any person who is fined for an offence shall not be liable to pay the fine, unless he have property in excess of his lot.