This law appears to relate chiefly to herdsmen employed by the owners of cattle. When an animal was stolen (Exodus 22:12), it was presu…

Property deposited with another person for safekeeping might be so easily embezzled by the trustee, or lost through his negligence, that special la…

And if it be stolen from him
Or "but if" ^F24 it was taken away by theft; and that "from with him" ^F2…

The people of God should ever be ready to show mildne and mercy, according to the spirit of these laws. We must answer to God, not only for what we…