Êxodo 22:7

7 “Se alguém entregar ao seu próximo prata ou bens para serem guardados e estes forem roubados da casa do que os guardou, o ladrão, se for encontrado, terá que restituí-los em dobro.

Êxodo 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.

Êxodo 22:7 In-Context

5 “Se alguém levar seu rebanho para pastar num campo ou numa vinha e soltá-lo de modo que venha a pastar no campo de outro homem, fará restituição com o melhor do seu campo ou da sua vinha.

6 “Se um fogo se espalhar e alcançar os espinheiros e queimar os feixes colhidos ou o trigo plantado ou até a lavoura toda, aquele que iniciou o incêndio restituirá o prejuízo.

7 “Se alguém entregar ao seu próximo prata ou bens para serem guardados e estes forem roubados da casa do que os guardou, o ladrão, se for encontrado, terá que restituí-los em dobro.

8 Mas, se o ladrão não for encontrado, o dono da casa terá que comparecer perante os juízes para que se determine se ele não lançou mão dos bens do outro.

9 Sempre que alguém se apossar de boi, jumento, ovelha, roupa ou qualquer outro bem perdido, mas alguém disser: ‘Isto me pertence’, as duas partes envolvidas levarão o caso aos juízes. Aquele a quem os juízes declararem culpado restituirá o dobro ao seu próximo.