Exodus 22:1
“Anyone who steals an ox or a sheep and kills or sells it must pay back five oxen for one ox and four sheep for one sheep.
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Leviticus 6:1The Lord told Moses,
Numbers 5:7and must confess their sin. They have to pay the full amount of compensation plus one-fifth of its value, and give this to the person they have wronged.
Proverbs 6:31But if he's caught, he has to pay back seven times what he stole, even if it means handing over everything he has in his house.
Jeremiah 2:34On top of that, your clothes are stained with the blood of the poor and the innocent. It's not like you killed them breaking into your homes. Despite all this,
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 →