Éxodo 22:10

10 »Si alguien deja al cuidado de algún amigo suyo un asno, un toro, una oveja, o cualquier otro animal, y el animal muere, o sufre algún daño, o es robado sin que nadie lo vea,

Éxodo 22:10 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 22:10

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 The Jews say ^F20 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) 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:

or be hurt;
receive any damage in any part, though it die not; or "be broken" ^F21; 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 ( Exodus 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Misn. Bava Metzia, c. 7. sect. 8.
F21 (rbvn) "confractum", Pagninus, Montanus; "fractum", Junius & Tremelius, Piscator, Drusius; so Ainsworth.

Éxodo 22:10 In-Context

8 »Si no se atrapa al ladrón, el dueño de la casa deberá comparecer ante los jueces para que se determine si no dispuso de los bienes del otro.

9 »En todos los casos de posesión ilegal, las dos partes deberán llevar el asunto ante los jueces. El que sea declarado culpable deberá restituir el doble a su prójimo, ya sea que se trate de un toro, o de un asno, o de una oveja, o de ropa, o de cualquier otra cosa perdida que alguien reclame como de su propiedad.

10 »Si alguien deja al cuidado de algún amigo suyo un asno, un toro, una oveja, o cualquier otro animal, y el animal muere, o sufre algún daño, o es robado sin que nadie lo vea,

11 el amigo del dueño jurará ante el SEÑOR no haberse adueñado de la propiedad de su amigo. El dueño deberá aceptar ese juramento, y el amigo no deberá restituirle nada.

12 »Si el animal le fue robado al amigo, este deberá indemnizar al dueño.