Verse 1

Laws about Property(21:37)“If a man steals an ox or a sheep and kills it or sells it, he must pay back five head of cattle for the ox, and four sheep for the one sheep.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 12:6 : 6 Because he committed this cold-hearted crime, he must pay for the lamb four times over!”
• Luke 19:8 : 8 But Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord,“Look, Lord, half of my possessions I now give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much!”
• Prov 6:31 : 31 Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.
• Prov 14:4 : 4 Where there are no oxen, the feeding trough is clean, but an abundant harvest is produced by strong oxen.
• Lev 6:1-6 : 1 Trespass by Deception and False Oath(5:20) Then the LORD spoke to Moses: 2 “When a person sins and commits a trespass against the LORD by deceiving his fellow citizen in regard to something held in trust, or a pledge, or something stolen, or by extorting something from his fellow citizen, 3 or has found something lost and denies it and swears falsely concerning any one of the things that someone might do to sin– 4 when it happens that he sins and he is found guilty, then he must return whatever he had stolen, or whatever he had extorted, or the thing that he had held in trust, or the lost thing that he had found, 5 or anything about which he swears falsely. He must restore it in full and add one fifth to it; he must give it to its owner when he is found guilty. 6 Then he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD, a flawless ram from the flock, convertible into silver shekels, for a guilt offering to the priest.
• Num 5:7 : 7 then he must confess his sin that he has committed and must make full reparation, add one fifth to it, and give it to whomever he wronged.