Exodus 22:14

If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor and it is injured or dies while its owner is not present, he must make full restitution.

Majority Standard Bible

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

13If the animal was torn to pieces, he shall bring it as evidence; he need not make restitution for the torn carcass.

15If the owner was present, no restitution is required. If the animal was rented, the fee covers the loss.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:11an oath before the LORD shall be made between the parties to determine whether or not the man has taken his neighbor’s property. The owner must accept the oath and require no restitution.

Deuteronomy 15:2This is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed.

Nehemiah 5:4Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.

Matthew 5:42Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

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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