Exodus 21:26-27

Compensation under the law of Moses

See also

For personal injuries

Exodus 21:32
Exodus 21:33-34

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For the loss of an animal

Exodus 21:35-36
Exodus 22:1,3-4

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For theft

Exodus 22:7-9
Exodus 22:5-6

For damage to property

Exodus 22:10-15
Leviticus 6:1-7

For breach of trust

Numbers 5:5-7

Compensation was only paid when someone was at fault. Similar laws apparently existed in patriarchal times: see Ge 31:39.

2 Samuel 12:4-6

Compensation later in the OT

The law applied by David

Proverbs 6:30-31

Sevenfold compensation for theft

Proverbs 6:32-35

presumably "sevenfold" here means "manifold"; he will pay in full

Adultery beyond compensation

Ezekiel 33:15

Compensation a mark of repentance

Luke 19:8

Compensation in the NT

For losses inflicted

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Philemon 1:18-19

In his zeal, after being converted, Zacchaeus goes beyond the requirements of the law.

Matthew 19:29

For losses sustained for the gospel

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pp Lk 18:29-30

God is far more generous under grace than he required wrongdoers to be under law.

5276 crime
5375 law
5398 loss
5482 punishment
5492 restitution
5555 stealing
5679 dowry