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foÌ„r-foÌ„ld: Occurs but twice in English Versions: , “He shall restore the lamb fourfoldâ€; and the King James Version, “If I have wrongfully exacted ought ... I restore fourfold.†From this statement of Zaccheus we are to understand that fourfold the amount of that which was stolen was the restoration the law required of a thief. This was the extreme penalty the law imposed. In some cases double the amount was to be restored (, ); in others, a fifth of its value was added to the thing restored (); still again, an amount equal to that taken was to be restored ().