Exodus 22:3
If the theft be certainly found in his yad chayyim, whether it be ox, or donkey, or seh; he shall pay back double.
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Exodus 21:2If thou acquire an eved Ivri, shesh shanim he shall serve; and in the seventh he shall go out lachafeshi (to the freedom) for no charge.
Judges 2:14And the Af Hashem was hot against Yisroel, and He delivered them into the hands of plunderers that plundered them, and He sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, that they were not any longer able to stand before their enemies.
Isaiah 40:2Speak ye to the lev Yerushalayim, 1 and preach unto her, 1 that her tzeva'a (time of hard service, warfare) is ended, 1 that her avon (iniquity) is nirtzah (punitively paid for, pardoned); 1 for she hath received of the Yad Hashem kiflayim (double) 1 in payment for all her chattot. 1
Matthew 18:25And, as this debtor did not have the means to pay what was owed his adon, the king commanded that he and his wife and children and everything he possessed be sold and the debt repaid.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 22:2-7
Judicial Laws. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. 2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him. 3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. 4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he… Read the whole commentary →