“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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“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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If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
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(22-9) If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep, and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it;
Cross-references (4)
Passages linked to Exodus 22:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 39:8 But he refused, and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, my master doesn’t know what is with me in the house, and he has put all that he has into my hand.
- Luke 12:48 but he who didn’t know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whomever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.
- Luke 16:11 If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
- 2 Timothy 1:12 For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, broken.
Hebrew, broken.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 22:10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour…
Exo 22:10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing [it]:
Ver. 10. Or any beast, to keep.] As Jacob kept Laban’s cattle. {Gen 31:39}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain To keep, as his servant, not freely, but for…
To keep, as his servant, not freely, but for wages.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain If a man deliver to his neighbour an ass,…
If a man deliver to his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast to keep,.... And he keeps it without a reward, as the Targum of Jonathan; but Jarchi and Aben Ezra more rightly interpret this of one that keeps for hire, as herdsmen, shepherds, &c. The Jews say (t) there are"four sorts of keepers; he that keeps for nought (or freely), he that borrows, he that takes hire, and he that hires; he that keeps for nought swears in all cases (and is free), he that borrows pays for all (that is lost or stolen, &c.) he that takes hire, and he that hires, swear on account of that which is torn, or carried away, or dies, and they pay for that which is lost or stolen,''which are the cases after supposed:
and it die; either of the above, or any other under the care of another; that is, dies of itself, not being killed by any, and its death sudden, and not easily accounted for:
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or be hurt; receive any damage in any part, though it die not; or "be broken" (u); have any of its limbs or bones broken; or be torn by a wild beast, as the Targum of Jonathan adds:
or driven away; from the flock or herd by thieves or robbers, or rather carried captive by an enemy in an hostile way, see Exo 22:12,
no man seeing it; die, or be hurt, or carried off; and so, as the above Targum paraphrases it, there is no witness that sees and can bear witness, that is, to any of the said things which have happened to it.
(t) Misn. Bava Metzia, c. 7. sect. 8. (u) "confractum", Pagninus, Montanus; "fractum", Junius & Tremelius, Piscator, Drusius; so Ainsworth.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain This law appears to relate chiefly to herdsmen employed…
This law appears to relate chiefly to herdsmen employed by the owners of cattle. When an animal was stolen Exo 22:12, it was presumed either that the herdsman might have prevented it, or that he could find the thief and bring him to justice (see Exo 22:4). When an animal was killed by a wild beast, the keeper had to produce the mangled carcass, not only in proof of the fact, but to show that he had, by his vigilance and courage, deprived the wild beast of its prey.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 10. be hurt] lit. be broken, i.e. be maimed…
10. be hurt] lit. be broken, i.e. be maimed or wounded: so v. 14, Eze_34:4; Eze_34:16, Zec_11:16, Lev_22:22.
or driven away] better, carried away, viz. by raiders (Job_1:15; Job_1:17); 1Ch_5:21 Heb., 2Ch_14:15. The word commonly rendered taken captive, 1Sa_30:3; 1Sa_30:5, &c.
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10–13. Procedure to be followed, when the property deposited, and afterwards injured or lost, is an animal.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (10) And it die, or be hurt, or driven…
(10) And it die, or be hurt, or driven away.—The animal might “die” naturally, or “be hurt” by a wild beast or a fall down the rocks, or “be driven away” by the marauding tribes of the desert. Both parties might be agreed on the fact of its disappearance; the dispute would be as to the mode of the disappearance. Here the trustee might bring proof, if he could (Exo_22:13); if not, he might clear himself by an “oath of the Lord” (Exo_22:11).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 10, 11. If a man deliver unto his…
Vers. 10, 11. If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass or an ox, etc. The deposit of cattle is unheard of in classical antiquity; but it might well be the usage of a pastoral race. (Gen_47:3) The parallelism of the verse with verse 6 indicates that a deposit of the same kind is intended. If it die, or be hurt, or driven away. The deposited beast might "die" naturally; or "he hurt" by a wild beast or a fall; or be "driven away "by thieves, without anyone seeing what had happened. In that case, if the man to whom the animal was entrusted would swear that he was no party to its disappearance, the owner had to put up with the loss.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 an oath to Yahweh must be taken by them…
an oath to Yahweh must be taken by them both
Only the man who is accused of stealing the animal must swear the oath. The owner of the lost animal must accept the oath that has been sworn. This can be stated in active form. AT: "the man who was caring for the animal must swear an oath before Yahweh and the owner must accept that oath" (See: Active or Passive)
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But if it was stolen from him
This can be stated in active form. AT: "But if someone stole the animal from him" (See: Active or Passive)
If an animal was torn in pieces
This can be stated in active form. AT: "But if a wild beast tore the animal in pieces" (See: Active or Passive)
He will not have to pay for what was torn
This can be stated in active form. AT: "He will not have to pay for the animal that the wild beast destroyed" (See: Active or Passive)
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neighbor
donkey
cow
ewe
die
wrong
oath
Yahweh
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