Exodus 22:1
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"If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for the ox and four sheep for the sheep. (NASB ©1995)

2 Samuel 12:6 "He must make restitution for the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing and had no compassion."

Luke 19:8 Zaccheus stopped and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will give back four times as much." (NASB ©1995)



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.

1 Of Theft
5 Of damage
7 Of trespasses
14 Of borrowing
16 Of fornication
18 Of witchcraft
19 Of bestiality
20 Of idolatry
21 Of strangers, widows, and fatherless
25 Of usury
26 Of pledges
28 Of reverence to magistrates
29 Of the first fruits
31 Of torn flesh

sheep. or, goat. He shall. There is a smaller compensation required in other things and also a disproportion between an ox and a sheep. The reason of the former is, as Maimonides explains it, because money, goods, etc., are better guarded in houses and cities, than cattle in a field; which consequently can be more easily stolen. The reason of the latter seems to be, as it is explained by Bishop Patrick, that an ox was of greater value, and more useful for the purposes of husbandry. Le 6:1-6 Nu 5:7 2Sa 12:6 Pr 6:31 Lu 19:8

five oxen Pr 14:4

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