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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Gill's Exposition
If it be torn in pieces,.... By some wild beast, at least as pretended:
then let him bring it for witness; part of that which is torn, that it may be witness for him that it was torn, as in Amo 3:12…
This law appears to relate chiefly to herdsmen employed by the owners of cattle. When an animal was stolen Exo 22:12, it was presumed either that the herdsman might have prevented it, or that he could…
Adam Clarke
If it be torn in pieces - let him bring it for witness - Rather, Let him bring עד הטרפה ed hatterephah, a testimony or evidence of the torn thing, such as the horns, hoofs, etc. This is still a law in…
These laws are,
I. Concerning trusts, Exo 22:7-13. If a man deliver goods, suppose to a carrier to be conveyed, or to a warehouse-keeper to be preserved, or cattle to a farmer to be fed, upon a…
Cambridge Bible
If the animal be torn by wild beasts, the man entrusted with it has only to produce its torn flesh as evidence of the fact, and he need make no compensation. No reasonable precautions could guard…