He promised to give half of his possessions to the poor and to repay anyone he had defrauded four times the amount—far exceeding the Jewish law's requirement of adding one-fifth to the principal.
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He promised to give half of his possessions to the poor and to repay anyone he had defrauded four times the amount—far exceeding the Jewish law's requirement of adding one-fifth to the principal.