Basahin po natin ang passage na ito na applicable sa mga humahawak ng ill-gotten wealth, o yaman na galing sa nakaw:

“The Lord said to Moses: If anyone sins and is unfaithful to the Lord by deceiving a neighbor about something entrusted to them or left in their care or about something stolen, or if they cheat their neighbor, or if they find lost property and lie about it, or if they swear falsely about any such sin that people may commit-when they sin in any of these ways and realize their guilt, they must return what they have stolen or taken by extortion, or what was entrusted to them, or the lost property they found, or whatever it was they swore falsely about. They must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the owner on the day of their guilt offering.” (Leviticus 6:1-5)

At kung hindi nila ito susundin, hindi sila maihihingi ng tawad ng priest sa Panginoon [“before the Lord, (so that) they will be forgiven for any of the things they did that made them guilty” Leviticus 6:7]

Humingi na po ba ng tawad ang mga humahawak sa nakaw na yaman o ill-gotten wealth? Mukhang hindi pa naman po. Kung ganun, bakit uunahan natin kaagad ng forgivenesses gayong hindi pa nga nagsasauli ng nakaw na yaman at hindi pa nga humihingi ng tawad?

Madami pa pong hinahabol na nakaw na yaman sa mga Marcoses. Ililista po natin ang ilan sa mga ito sa mga susunod pa nating talakayan.

Ang paghawak sa nakaw na yaman ay isang uri ng pagnanakaw at panlilinlang na kailangang ituwid.

Dumadagundong ang mga salita ng Panginoon dahil sa pagkamuhi sa lahat ng uri ng pagnanakaw: “For I, the Lord, love justice, I hate robbery, and wrongdoing.” (Isaiah 61:8a)