Exodus 22:14

(22:13) And if a man borrow aught of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof not being with it, he shall surely make it good.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.

In Context

13(22:12) If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it as evidence; that which was torn he shall not make good.

15(22:14) But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good; if it be a hired thing, the loss is included in its hire.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:11(22:10) Then shall an oath of the Lord be between them both, that he have not stretched out his hand against his neighbor's goods; and the owner of it shall accept this, and he shall not make it good.

Deuteronomy 15:2And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor shall release the loan which he hath lent to his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor, or of his brother; because the release year in honor of the Lord hath been proclaimed.

Nehemiah 5:4And others there were that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tax on our fields and vineyards.

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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