Wages.

WA'GES. When wages are first mentioned in the O.T., they were paid, not in money, but in kind. Gen 29:15, Ruth 4:20; Gen 30:28; Gen 31:7-8, Gen 31:41. But the Law was very strict in requiring daily p…

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)

WA'GES. , they were paid, not in money, but in kind. Gen 29:15, Ruth 4:20; Gen 30:28; Gen 31:7-8, Gen 31:41. But the Law was very strict in requiring daily payment of wages, Lev 19:13; Deut 24:14-15, and employers who withhold the laborer's wages or refuse to give him sufficient victuals are strongly censured. Jer 22:13; Mal 3:5; Job 24:11. T. Matt 20:2; Luke 3:14; 1 Cor 9:7.

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Genesis 29:15 Ruth 4:20 Genesis 30:28 Genesis 31:7–8 Genesis 31:41 Leviticus 19:13 Deuteronomy 24:14–15 Jeremiah 22:13 Malachi 3:5 Job 24:11 Matthew 20:2 Luke 3:14 1 Corinthians 9:7

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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)