“If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man’s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.”
If anyone grazes their livestock in a field or vineyard and lets them stray and they graze in someone else's field, the offender must make restitution from the best of their own field or vineyard. The principle of making restitution from the best of what you have — not from the worst — establishes that restitution is not merely technical compliance but a genuine demonstration of valuing the other person's loss. To compensate from the worst would be to minimize the harm done; to compensate from the best is to honor the loss at its actual value. Numbers 18:29 requires Levites to present the best and holiest part of every offering to God — the same principle of offering the best applies to restitution as to worship.
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