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…

If it be torn in pieces
By some wild beast, at least as pretended:

[then] let him bring it for wi…

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…