Exodus 21:34

the owner of the pit shall make it good. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall be his.

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In The King James Version

The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.

In Context

33+ 21:33. Ex 21:33-34 (#6.385): T. To make judgment in injuries to an animal due to an uncovered pit / R. The court must judge the damages incurred by a pit Consequence: The uncovered pit’s owner is liable for damage and will pay the cost of the animal injured and keeps the carcass “If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,

35“If one man’s bull injures another’s, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live bull, and divide its price; and they shall also divide the dead animal.

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Cross References

Exodus 21:29But if the bull had a habit of goring in the past, and it has been testified to its owner, and he has not kept it in, but it has killed a man or a woman, the bull shall be stoned, and its owner shall also be put to death.

Exodus 22:6+ 22:6. Ex 22:6 [Heb Bible Ex 22:5] (#10.580): To make judgment in destruction due to fire “If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 21:23-36

22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. 23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, 24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. 26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall… Read the whole commentary →

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