Restitution

How Nave’s arranged it

• To be made for injury to life, limb, or propertyExodus 21:30–36Leviticus 24:18
• To be made for theftExodus 22:1–4Proverbs 6:30Proverbs 6:31Ezekiel 33:15
• To be made for dishonestyLeviticus 6:2–5Numbers 5:7Job 20:18Ezekiel 33:15Luke 19:8

The passages, in Bible order (10)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 10 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 21:30–36

   If payment is demanded of him instead, he may redeem his life by paying the full amount demanded of him.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 21:30–362 voices

   “If there be laid on him a sum of money,....

   “If there be laid on him a sum of money - the ransom of his life - So it appears that, though by the law he forfeited his life, yet this might be commuted for a pecuniary mulct, at which the life of the deceased might be valued by the magistrates.

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2. Exodus 22:1–4

   “If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.

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   “Some think that the precepts of the Old Testament are stricter than those of the New; but these are certainly deceived by careless consideration. For in the Old Testament, not avarice but robbery is punished. There, property unjustly taken is punished by fourfold restitution. But here this rich man is not blamed for taking what belonged to others, but for not giving what was his own. Nor is it said that he oppressed anyone by violence, but that he exalted himself in the things he had received.

   “If a man shall steal an ox or a sheep,....

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3. Leviticus 6:2–5

   “If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor

   ›Commentary on Leviticus 6:2–52 voices

   “If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord,....

   “Lie unto his neighbor, etc. - This must refer to a case in which a person delivered his property to his neighbor to be preserved for him, and took no witness to attest the delivery of the goods; such a person therefore might deny that he had ever received such goods, for he who had deposited them with him could bring no proof of the delivery.

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4. Leviticus 24:18

   Whoever kills an animal must make restitution—life for life.

   ›Commentary on Leviticus 24:181 voice

   “And he that killeth a beast shall make it good,.... Pay for it, give the value of it, or another as good as that instead of it, as follows: beast for beast; or "soul for soul"; life for life, that is, a living one for that the life of which is taken away, and one every way as good as that.

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5. Numbers 5:7

   and must confess the sin he has committed. He must make full restitution, add a fifth to its value, and give all this to the one he has wronged.

   ›Commentary on Numbers 5:72 voices

   “Shall confess their sin - Without confession or acknowledgment of sin, there was no hope of mercy held out. He shall recompense - For without restitution, in every possible case, God will not for give the iniquity of a man’s sin. How can any person in a case of defraud, with his neighbor’s property in his possession, expect to receive mercy from the hand of a just and holy God? See this subject considered in the notes on Gen 42:38 (note).

   “Then they shall confess their sin which they have done,....

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6. Job 20:18

   He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.

   ›Commentary on Job 20:181 voice

   “Ver. 18. He shall pay for all the things that he hath done, nor yet shall he be consumed. [LITERAL INTERPRETATION] 21. For he 'pays' in torment for those desires, which he retained here contrary to right, and being consigned to avenging flames, he is always dying, in that he is always kept alive in death.

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7. Proverbs 6:30

   Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.

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   “The fault is not great when someone has been found stealing, etc. Theft is not considered a great fault by its own estimation, but by comparison with a greater sin, that is, adultery; as it is said to Jerusalem who sinned more grievously, Sodomy is …

   “Men do not despise a thief, if he steal,....

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8. Proverbs 6:31

   Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.

   ›Commentary on Proverbs 6:311 voice

   “But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold,.... According to the law in Exo 22:1; in case of theft double was to be restored, if the theft was found alive in his hand; and in some cases fourfold and fivefold. Aben Ezra observing that double and fivefold being near together in the law, joins them, and so makes sevenfold.

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9. Ezekiel 33:15

   if he restores a pledge, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without practicing iniquity—then he will surely live; he will not die.

   ›Commentary on Ezekiel 33:152 voices

   “If the wicked restore the pledge,....

   “(Versed 10ff.) Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel and say to them: 'Our transgressions and sins are upon us, and we waste away because of them. How then can we live?' Say to them: 'As surely as I live, declares the Lord God, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, O house of Israel?'

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10. Luke 19:8

    But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay it fourfold.”

    ›Commentary on Luke 19:81 voice

    Now, that the law did beforehand teach mankind the necessity of following Christ, He does Himself make manifest, when He replied as follows to him who asked Him what he should do that he might inherit eternal life: "If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments."

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