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10 Their children will seek the favor of the poor,
    and their hands will give back their wealth.(A)

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18 They will give back the fruit of their toil
    and will not swallow it down;
from the profit of their trading
    they will get no enjoyment.(A)

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Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much.”(A)

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16 Though they heap up silver like dust
    and pile up clothing like clay,(A)
17 they may pile it up, but the just will wear it,
    and the innocent will divide the silver.(B)

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A poor person who oppresses the poor
    is a beating rain that leaves no food.(A)

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31 Yet if they are caught, they will pay sevenfold;
    they will forfeit all the goods of their house.(A)

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10 May his children wander about and beg;
    may they be driven out of[a] the ruins they inhabit.

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Footnotes

  1. 109.10 Gk: Heb may they seek

Their children are far from safety,
    they are crushed in the gate,
    and there is no one to deliver them.(A)

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he shall restore the lamb fourfold because he did this thing and because he had no pity.”(A)

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but if it happens after sunrise, bloodguilt is incurred.) The thief shall make full restitution or, if unable to do so, shall be sold for the theft.(A)

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Laws of Restitution

22 [a]“When someone steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it, the thief shall pay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.

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Footnotes

  1. 22.1 21.37 in Heb

36 and the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. And so they plundered the Egyptians.(A)

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For if you refuse to let them go and still hold them,(A)

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