Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
He shall
Five oxen
Bible References
He shall
Numbers 5:7
then they shall confess their sin which they have done, and he shall recompense his guilt with the principal thereof and add unto it the fifth part thereof and give it unto him against whom he is guilty.
2 Samuel 12:6
and he shall pay for the lamb fourfold because he did this thing and because he had no pity.
Proverbs 6:31
and once he is taken, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
Luke 19:8
Then Zacchaeus stood and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
Five oxen
Proverbs 14:4
Without oxen, the storehouse is clean, but by the strength of the ox there is abundance of bread.