Exodus Chapter 22 verse 13 Holy Bible
If it be torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness: he shall not make good that which was torn.
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But if it has been damaged by a beast, and he is able to make this clear, he will not have to make payment for what was damaged.
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If it have been torn in pieces, let him bring it [as] witness: he shall not make good what was torn.
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If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.
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If it shall be torn in pieces; then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.
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If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it for evidence. He shall not make good that which was torn.
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if it is certainly torn, he bringeth it in -- a witness; the torn thing he doth not repay.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 13. - If it be torn in pieces. - If again there was evidence that the creature had been killed by a wild beast, this evidence had to be produced, before the owner or the judges, for the trustee to be exonerated from blame. A similar proviso is found in the laws of the Gentoos (Rosenmuller, Orient. vol. 1. p. 148). CHAPTER 22:14, 15
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) Let him bring it for witness.--This would not always be possible. Where it was not, the trustee could fall back on the oath.