Exodus 22:13
If it were eaten by a beast, let him bring to him that which was slain, and he shall not make restitution.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
12But if it were taken away by stealth, he shall make the loss good to the owner.
Cross References
Amos 3:12Thus saith the Lord: As if a shepherd should get out of the lion's mouth two legs, or the tip of the ear: so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria, in a piece of a bed, and in the couch of Damascus.
Nahum 2:12The lion caught enough for his whelps, and killed for his lionesses: and he filled his holes with prey, and his den with rapine.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 22:8-16
7 If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double. 8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods. 9 For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges;… Read the whole commentary →