Exodus 22:13

And if any one borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be wounded or die or be carried away, and the owner of it be not with it, he shall make compensation.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.

In Context

12And if it be seized of beasts, he shall bring him to witness the prey, and he shall not make compensation.

14But if the owner be with it, he shall not make compensation: but if it be a + 22:14 Qu. If the borrower be a hireling, he shall have the ruined beast instead of his hire?hired thing, there shall be a compensation to him instead of his hire.

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Cross References

Amos 3:12Thus saith the Lord; As when a shepherd rescues from the mouth of a lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so shall be drawn forth the children of Israel who dwell in Samaria in the presence of a foreign tribe, and in Damascus.

Nahum 2:12Where is the dwelling-place of the lions, and the pasture that belonged to the whelps? where did the lion go, that the lion's whelp should enter in there, and there was none to scare him away?

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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