Éxodo 22:10

10 »Ahora supongamos que alguien deja un burro, un buey, una oveja o cualquier otro animal al cuidado de otra persona, pero el animal muere, se lastima o se extravía, y nadie vio lo sucedido.

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 Pero si no se encuentra al ladrón, el vecino tendrá que presentarse ante Dios, y él determinará
si el vecino es quien robó los bienes.

9 »Supongamos que hay un pleito entre dos personas, y ambas afirman ser dueñas de cierto buey o burro, cierta oveja o prenda de vestir, o algún objeto perdido. Ambas partes tendrán que presentarse ante Dios, y la persona a quien Dios declare
culpable tendrá que pagarle el doble al otro.

10 »Ahora supongamos que alguien deja un burro, un buey, una oveja o cualquier otro animal al cuidado de otra persona, pero el animal muere, se lastima o se extravía, y nadie vio lo sucedido.

11 Entonces el vecino tendrá que hacer un juramento en presencia del Señor
. Si el Señor
confirma que el vecino no robó el animal, el dueño deberá aceptar el veredicto, y no se exigirá ningún pago;

12 pero si efectivamente el animal fue robado, el culpable deberá compensar al dueño.