10 His children(A) must make amends to the poor;
    his own hands must give back his wealth.(B)

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18 What he toiled for he must give back uneaten;(A)
    he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.(B)

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But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord,(A) “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything,(B) I will pay back four times the amount.”(C)

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16 Though he heaps up silver like dust(A)
    and clothes like piles of clay,(B)
17 what he lays up(C) the righteous will wear,(D)
    and the innocent will divide his silver.(E)

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A ruler[a] who oppresses the poor
    is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:3 Or A poor person

31 Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,(A)
    though it costs him all the wealth of his house.

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10 May his children be wandering beggars;(A)
    may they be driven[a] from their ruined homes.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 109:10 Septuagint; Hebrew sought

His children(A) are far from safety,(B)
    crushed in court(C) without a defender.(D)

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He must pay for that lamb four times over,(A) because he did such a thing and had no pity.”

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but if it happens after sunrise, the defender is guilty of bloodshed.

“Anyone who steals must certainly make restitution,(A) but if they have nothing, they must be sold(B) to pay for their theft.

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Protection of Property

22 [a]“Whoever steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it must pay back(A) five head of cattle for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 22:1 In Hebrew texts 22:1 is numbered 21:37, and 22:2-31 is numbered 22:1-30.

36 The Lord had made the Egyptians favorably disposed(A) toward the people, and they gave them what they asked for; so they plundered(B) the Egyptians.

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If you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them back,

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