Exodus 22:14

But if the ba'al thereof be with it, he shall not make restitution; if it be sakhir (rented, hired), it came for its hire.

Orthodox Jewish 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

13And if an ish asks to borrow of his re'a, and the animal borrowed be injured, or die, the ba'al thereof being not with it, he shall surely make restitution.

15And if an ish entice a betulah that is not orasah (betrothed, pledged), and lie with her, he shall surely endow her with a marriage contract as his isha.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:11And if it be certainly stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the ba'al thereof.

Deuteronomy 15:2And this is the manner of the shemittah: Every creditor that lendeth whatever unto his neighbor shall cancel the debt; he shall not exact it of his neighbor, or of his brother; because it is called Hashemʼs Shemittah.

Nehemiah 5:4There were also that said, We have borrowed kesef for the tax of HaMelech, and that upon our sadot and kramim.

Matthew 5:42And the one asking you to give and the one wishing to borrow from you, from these do not turn 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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