Why do rules about restitution for theft follow immediately after rules about slavery in #exodus? Two reasons come to mind.

1) Poverty often leads to theft, and a thief might have to sell himself into slavery to make restitution.
2) Biblical slavery was regulated to act as a social safety net for the very destitute. It's better to become a slave than a thief.

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Shalom dear fellow Shofar Blowers and Listeners!

Here is your Meeting Link:
https://dateful.com/eventlink/2753910087

Feel free to invite others using this link:
https://tube.ttn.place/v/KmZMaD


Please let us know if you would like to lead worship in one of the next meetings, or know someone that would.

We are greatly Looking forward to sounding the Shofar with you in Jerusalem!

Shalom,
Camp Ephraim

God's prescription for theft is restitution, not imprisonment. Locking people up for stealing just costs the victims even more money. How does prison actually solve the problem? It doesn't. Prison is like tech school for career criminals.

Punitive damages for theft should be given to the victim, not the court, and they generally shouldn't be modified according to the wealth or poverty of the thief. If the perp can't pay, they can work it off.

#exodus 22:1-4

It doesn't matter why a person is poor or rich, of they're smart or stupid, pretty or pretty ugly. Everyone bears the image of God and deserves basic respect based on that alone.
#proverbs 17:5 and James 2:1-9.

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Lily Portion for Today: Wednesday February 07

Children, listen! It is not possible for any of you to walk without stumbling over your own ruins! Listen to your parents and honour them! (Prayer: Adonai Yeshua, grant my children the strength, in Your Power, to withstand and overcome temptation when they are tested, amein)