Digest of Biblical Civil Law

Conceivably the expression "seven-fold" (Prov. 6:30f.) simply means that the poor man, like all men, must make full restitution, since the number seven frequently signifies fullness in Scripture (cf. Gen. 4:24; Ps. 12:6; Ps. 79:12).

- James Jordan, The Law of the Covenant 135 (1984), at http://www.garynorth.com/freebooks/: HTML, DjVu.