Éxodo 21:33

33 »Supongamos que alguien cava o destapa un pozo y, por no taparlo, un buey o un burro cae adentro.

Éxodo 21:33 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 21:33

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 leave it uncovered: "or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it": a new one, in the street, as the Targum of Jonathan; or in a public place, as Jarchi and Aben Ezra; otherwise a man might dig one for water, in his own fields, in enclosed places, where there was no danger of cattle coming thither, and falling therein:

and an ox or an ass fall therein;
or any other beast, as Jarchi observes; for these are mentioned only as instances, and are put for all others. Maimonides ^F19 says,

``if a man digs a pit in a public place, and an ox or ass fall into it and die, though the pit is full of shorn wool, and the like, the owner of the pit is bound to pay the whole damage; and this pit (he says) must be ten hands deep; if it is less than that, and an ox, or any other beast or fowl fall into it and die, he is free,''

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 Hilchot Niske Maimon. c. 12. sect, 1, 10. so Bartenora in Misn. Bava Kama, c. 1. sect. 1.

Éxodo 21:33 In-Context

31 »La misma ordenanza se aplica si el buey cornea a un muchacho o a una muchacha.

32 Pero si el buey cornea a un esclavo, sea hombre o mujer, el dueño del animal pagará al dueño del esclavo treinta monedas de plata,
y el buey morirá apedreado.

33 »Supongamos que alguien cava o destapa un pozo y, por no taparlo, un buey o un burro cae adentro.

34 El dueño del pozo compensará en forma total al dueño del animal pero podrá quedarse con el animal muerto.

35 »Si el buey de una persona cornea al buey de otra y el animal herido muere, entonces los dos dueños tendrán que vender el buey vivo y repartirse el dinero por partes iguales; también dividirán entre ellos el animal muerto.