Éxodo 22:7

7 »Si alguien deja dinero o bienes en la casa de un amigo, y esos bienes le son robados, el ladrón deberá devolver el doble, en caso de que lo atrapen.

Éxodo 22:7 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 22:7

If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stock to
keep
Without any reward for keeping it, as the Targum of Jonathan; and so other Jewish writers ^F16 understand this passage of such as keep a deposit freely, having nothing for it; whether it be money or goods, gold, silver, jewels, raiment, household stuff or any kind of vessels or instruments used in the house, or in trade; and also cattle, as appears from ( Exodus 22:9 )

and if it be stolen out of the man's house;
into whose custody it was delivered:

if the thief be found, let him pay double: the worth of what is stolen,
agreeably to the law in ( Exodus 22:4 ) that is, if it was found in his hands; but if he had disposed of it, then he was to pay five fold or four fold, as in ( Exodus 22:1 ) , and so runs the Jewish canon ^F17,

``if anyone delivers to his neighbour a beast or vessels, and they are stolen or lost, he shall make restitution; but if he will not swear, for they say, one that keeps for nothing, may swear and be free; then if the thief should be found he shall pay double; if he has killed or sold, he shall pay four fold or five fold: to whom shall he pay? to him with whom the depositum is: if he swears, and will not pay, and the thief is found, he shall pay double; if he has killed or sold he shall pay four fold and five fold: to whom shall he pay? to the owner of the depositum.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Jarchi in ver. 10. Bartenora in Misn. Shebuot, c. 6. sect. 5.
F17 Misn. Bava Metzia, c. 3. sect. 1.

Éxodo 22:7 In-Context

5 »Si alguien apacienta su ganado en un campo o en una viña, y por dejar a sus animales sueltos ellos pastan en campo ajeno, el dueño del animal deberá reparar el daño con lo mejor de su cosecha.

6 »Si se prende fuego en pasto seco, y el fuego se propaga y quema algún trigal, o el trigo ya apilado, o algún campo sembrado, el que haya comenzado el fuego deberá reparar el daño.

7 »Si alguien deja dinero o bienes en la casa de un amigo, y esos bienes le son robados, el ladrón deberá devolver el doble, en caso de que lo atrapen.

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.