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"If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies or is injured, or driven away, no man seeing it;
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Justice in Hidden Matters
This verse establishes a legal framework for when an animal is lost or dies while under someone's care, specifically when there are no witnesses. Commentators explain this law was designed to be fair to both the owner and the caretaker (the 'trustee'), protecting the latter from unfair liability while still ensuring accountability.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
Property deposited with another person for safekeeping might be so easily embezzled by the trustee, or lost through his negligence, that special la…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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 …
