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In the principal
Refers to the original property or value of something that was taken or embezzled from its rightful owner.
It is used in contrast to any additional amount that may be added as a penalty or restitution.
Leviticus 6:4-5
- Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,
- Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, [and] give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering.
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