Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5200 Human civilisation » 5264 compensation
Compensation under the law of Moses
For personal injuries
Exodus 21:26-27 See also Exodus 21:32
For the loss of an animal
Exodus 21:33-34 See also Exodus 21:35-36
For theft
Exodus 22:1,3-4 See also Exodus 22:7-9
For damage to property
Exodus 22:5-6
For breach of trust
Exodus 22:10-15; Leviticus 6:1-7; Numbers 5:5-7 Compensation was only paid when someone was at fault. Similar laws apparently existed in patriarchal times: see Ge 31:39.
Compensation later in the OT
The law applied by David
2 Samuel 12:4-6
Sevenfold compensation for theft
Proverbs 6:30-31 presumably “sevenfold” here means “manifold”; he will pay in full
Adultery beyond compensation
Proverbs 6:32-35
Compensation a mark of repentance
Ezekiel 33:15
Compensation in the NT
For losses inflicted
Luke 19:8 In his zeal, after being converted, Zacchaeus goes beyond the requirements of the law. See also Phm 18-19
For losses sustained for the gospel
Matthew 19:29 pp Luke 18:29-30 God is far more generous under grace than he required wrongdoers to be under law.
See also
5276 crime 5375 law 5398 loss 5482 punishment 5492 restitution 5555 stealing 5679 dowry
