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 a man deliver unto his neighbor an ass. Since in the passage from which I have taken these four verses, mention is made of a deposit, a…

If a man deliver to his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a
sheep, or any beast to keep
…

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