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"If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn`t cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,
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Commentators explain that the 'pit' mentioned was most likely a well for drawing water. In the ancient Near East, these were often covered for safety. The law addresses the real-world danger of someone negligently leaving a well uncovered, whether it was an old one being reopened or a new one being dug.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The usual mode of protecting a well in the East was probably then, as now, by building around it a low circular wall.
19th Century
Anglican
If a man shall open a pit. —Rather, uncover a well. The wells in the East commonly have covers, which are removed when water is d…
16th Century
Protestant
And if a man shall open a pit. He lists further cases of damage inflicted, in which restitution is to be demanded from the person who caus…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
If a man shall open a pit That has been dug in time past, and filled up again, or take the covering from it, and lea…
The cases mentioned here give rules of justice that were applicable then and are still in use for deciding similar matters. These laws teach us tha…
