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
Let them say openly what they have done; and make payment for the wrong done, with the addition of a fifth part, and give it to him to whom the wrong was done.
2 Samuel 12:6
And he will have to give back four times the value of the lamb, because he has done this and because he had no pity.
Proverbs 6:31
But if he is taken in the act he will have to give back seven times as much, giving up all his property which is in his house.
Luke 19:8
And Zacchaeus, waiting before him, said to the Lord, See, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from anyone wrongly, I give him back four times as much.
Five oxen
Proverbs 14:4
Where there are no oxen, their food-place is clean; but much increase comes through the strength of the ox.