Exodus 22:13

If it be torn in pieces, [then] let him bring it [for] witness, [and] he shall not make good that which was torn.

If it be torn in pieces {H2963}{H2963}, then let him bring {H935} it for witness {H5707}, and he shall not make good {H7999} that which was torn {H2966}.

If it was torn to pieces by an animal, the neighbor must bring it as evidence, and then he doesn't need to make good the loss.

If the animal was torn to pieces, he shall bring it as evidence; he need not make restitution for the torn carcass.

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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Cross-References

  • Ezekiel 4:14 (2 votes)

    Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.

  • Nahum 2:12 (2 votes)

    The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.

  • Micah 5:8 (2 votes)

    And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.

  • Amos 3:12 (2 votes)

    Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus [in] a couch.