If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.
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Gill's Exposition
If the thief be not found,.... And so no account can be given of the goods deposited, what is become of them, and it becomes a doubtful case whether they have been stolen or embezzled, and there is…
Barnes' Notes
It would appear that if the master of the house would clear himself of imputation, the loss of the pledged article fell upon its owner.
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
unto God i.e. to the local sanctuary. On the term -God," here and v.9, and the paraphrase -the judges" (marg.), see on Exo 21:6 and Exo 18:15. To judge by the analogy of v.11, a denial on oath was…
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