11 then an aoath of the Lord shall be between them both, that he has not put his hand into his neighbor’s goods; and the owner of it shall accept that, and he shall not make it good.
12 But aif, in fact, it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner of it.
13 If it is atorn to pieces by a beast, then he shall bring it as evidence, and he shall not make good what was torn.
14 “And if a man borrows anything from his neighbor, and it becomes injured or dies, the owner of it not being with it, he shall surely make it good.
15 If its owner was with it, he shall not make it good; if it was hired, it came for its hire.
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Commentaries:
No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Exodus 22:13.
Exodus 22:13
If an animal died and it could be proven that it was something for which he was not responsible, (the only way that could be proven is shown in the book of Amos), the man had to be able to find a leg, an arm, or something to indicate that it was beyond his responsibility for the death of that animal. But if he had the opportunity to beat off the attacking animal, then it was his responsibility to do it, to the point of laying down his life. Remember, those sheep meant a great deal to those people; that was their life.
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