Exodus 22:1
If any man steal an ox or a sheep, and kill or sell it: he shall restore five oxen for one ox, and four sheep for one sheep.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Leviticus 6:1The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Numbers 5:7They shall confess their sin, and restore the principal itself, and the fifth part over and above, to him against whom they have sinned.
Proverbs 6:31And if he be taken he shall restore sevenfold, and shall give up all the substance of his house.
Jeremiah 2:34And in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor and innocent? not in ditches have I found them, but in all places, which I mentioned before.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 22:1
The laws of this chapter relate, I. To the eighth commandment, concerning theft ( ver. 1-4 ), trespass by cattle ( ver. 5 ), damage by fire ( ver. 6 ), trusts ( ver. 7-13 ), borrowing cattle ( ver. 14, 15 ), or money, ver. 25-27 . II. To the seventh commandment. Against fornication ( ver. 16, 17 ), bestiality, ver. 19 . III. To the first table, forbidding witchcraft ( ver. 18 ), idolatry, ver. 20 . Commanding to offer the firstfruits, ver. 29, 30 . IV. To the poor, ver. 21-24 . V. To the civil government, ver. 28… Read the whole commentary →