What is it to restore? I found myself contemplating this question recently. I’ve been trying to do a lot of reading this year on social and Biblical justice, and you don’t get far into that topic without seeing the discussion on reparations. When I started looking into what the Bible says on the topic, I ended up in Leviticus 6: 4-5 ”then it shall be, when he sins and becomes guilty, he shall restore what he took by robbery or what he got by extortion, or the deposit which was entrusted to him, or the lost thing that he found, 5 or anything about which he swore falsely…” (NASB)
Staying on the topic of restoration (we’ll get back to social justice another time), I noted various translations used “repay” and others “restore”. That is what prompted todays question.
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