Exodus 22:14

But if the owner be with it, he shall not repay. If it were hired, let it be (considered) for its hire.

Targum Onkelos

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 a man borrow of his neighbour and it be injured or die, the owner of it not being with it, repaying he shall repay.

15And if a man seduce a virgin who is not betrothed and lie with her, he shall surely establish her to be his wife.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:11But if it be stolen from him, he shall repay its owner;

Deuteronomy 15:2and this is the sentence (word) of the Release: That every man who is a creditor shall give release to him who oweth to his neighbour; he shall not exact it from his neighbour or his brother, because the release is proclaimed before the Lord.

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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