Lesson 29:The Law Of The Old That Is Covered In the
New Testament:
Restitution Oath
2/20/2014
by turtle
Exodus 22:7-15 KJV
(7) If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to
keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be
found, let him pay double.
(8) If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall
be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his
hand unto his neighbour's goods.
(9) For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for
sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which
another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall
come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn,
he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
(10) If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a
sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven
away, no man seeing it:
(11) Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both,
that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and
the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it
good.
(12) And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto
the owner thereof.
(13) If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and
he shall not make good that which was torn.
(14) And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt,
or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make
it good.
(15) But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it
good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
The law of eye for a eye and tooth for a tooth comes more
clear when it is applied within the legal sense, but to take out
cold hearted revenge is something else outside the legal sense.
When one breaks something one makes amends it has been
code of the world since the beginning. People swear by the
Lord they did not do something all the time, And other people
swear a person did do it. Bible days were no different in fact
because it was an issue these things were brought to court or
counsel before the judges to decide if something was right or
wrong. It also had become such a burden to Moses that his
father in law had suggested that council of elders be
established to decided right or wrong on issues. Thus the
restitution oath was made or a promise of repayment for
destruction of property or wounding/killing an animal. No one
person could hear the whole matter, so it took more then one
person to help with a decision.
Restitution would be made, a form of repayment if one found to
be guilty of causing harm to a neighbors property. An oath
would be taken before the Lord if one declare they were not
guilty, much like us swearing on the Bible today in court. Yet still
it was up to the judges to decide and in truth it was the only
system they had in which to decide such matters.
Christ is our restitution for sin, our repayment for sin. He paid
the price on Calvary tree. One payment to God one death for
the price of the first man death. Man being guilty for sin causing
death to the whole world. Thus Christ payment justified and
rectified Adam’s mistake. Women were saved through child
bearing because they would carry the promise line to the birth
of Jesus. It was promise of coming to both man and women of
how restitution for sin would take place.
Yet this oath of restitution has to do with livestock. One taking
or destroying something that was not there’s. Heaven was our
place to live until our ancestor Adam and Eve destroyed it by
one mistake. One mistake that was normal for them, because
they were not God only created in His image. Payment was
made by God for us. Because we found to be guilty of sin, but
not guilty for the reason we sinned. God loves us enough to
allow our mistakes, but our laws govern us to protect us, just
like God’s laws protect us spiritually.
Dear Heavenly Father thank you for your grace and mercy
within the laws of both spiritual and legal. In Jesus precious
name, Amen.
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