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.

Five oxen

Bible References

He shall

Numbers 5:7
then he shall confess his sin which he has done. And he shall make restitution for his guilt in full, and add to it the fifth part of it, and give it to him in respect of whom he has been guilty.
2 Samuel 12:6
And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
Proverbs 6:31
Yet if he is found, he shall restore sevenfold. He shall give all the substance of his house.
Luke 19:8
And having stood, Zacchaeus said to the Lord, Behold, half of the things possessed by me, Lord, I give to the poor. And if I defrauded any man of anything, I repay fourfold.

Five oxen

Proverbs 14:4
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but by the strength of the ox is much increase.