If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it as evidence. He is not required to pay for what has been torn to pieces.
Exodus 22:13 - Tree of Life Version “If a man borrows anything belonging to his neighbor, and it is harmed or dies in the absence of the owner, he must make full restitution. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If it be torn in pieces [by some wild beast or by accident], let him bring [the mangled carcass] for witness; he shall not make good what was torn. American Standard Version (1901) If it be torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness: he shall not make good that which was torn. Common English Bible If the animal was attacked and ripped apart and its torn body is brought as evidence, no payment needs to be made. Catholic Public Domain Version If it has been eaten by a wild beast, let him carry what was killed to him, and then he shall not make restitution. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If it were eaten by a beast: let him bring to him that which was slain, and he shall not make restitution. |
If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it as evidence. He is not required to pay for what has been torn to pieces.
But if the owner is present, he is not required to pay restitution. If it was rented, it is covered by the rental fee.
Then I said, “Ah, Adonai Elohim ! Behold, I have never defiled myself. From my youth up until now have I not eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts. Tainted meat has never come into my mouth.”
Thus says Adonai: “Just as the shepherd snatches out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so will Bnei-Yisrael dwelling in Samaria escape with the corner of a bed or a head of a couch.
May your hand be raised up against your adversaries, and may all your foes be cut off.
Where is the lions’ den, the feeding place for young lions— where the lion went for a lion’s cub— with nothing to disturb them?