Exodus 22:3
But if the sun has risen before he breaks in, guilt for murder will attach to the person who kills him. A thief must make restitution. If he has nothing, then he must be sold for his theft.
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Exodus 21:2'If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve for six years, and in the seventh year he will go free without paying anything.
Judges 2:14The anger of Yahweh burned against Israel, and he gave them to the raiders who stole their possessions from them. He sold them as slaves who were held by the strength of their enemies around them, so they could no longer defend themselves against their enemies.
Isaiah 40:2“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem; and proclaim to her 1 that her warfare has ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, 1 that she has received double from Yahweh's hand for all her sins.” 1
Matthew 18:25But since he had not the means to repay, his master commanded him to be sold, together with his wife and children and everything that he had, and payment to be made.
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 →