Exodus 22:15

But if the owner be present, he shall not make restitution, especially if it were hired and came for the hire of his work.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.

In Context

14If a man borrow of his neighbour any of these things, and it be hurt or die, the owner not being present, he shall be obliged to make restitution.

16If a man seduce a virgin not yet espoused, and lie with her: he shall endow her, and have her to wife.

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Cross References

Genesis 34:12Raise the dowery,, and ask gifts, and I will gladly give what you shall demand: only give me this damsel to wife.

Zechariah 8:10For before those days there was no hire for men, neither was there hire for beasts, neither was there peace to him that came in, nor to him that went out, because of the tribulation: and I let all men go every one against his neighbour.

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 →

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