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Exodus 22:14
Exodus 22:14 is verse 14 of Exodus chapter 22, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor and it is injured or dies while its owner is not present, he must make full restitution.
King James Version
And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.
World English Bible
“If a man borrows anything of his neighbor’s, and it is injured, or dies, its owner not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.
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Exodus 22:12–16 · Berean Standard Bible
12 But if the animal was actually stolen from the neighbor, he must make restitution to the owner.
13 If the animal was torn to pieces, he shall bring it as evidence; he need not make restitution for the torn carcass.
14 If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor and it is injured or dies while its owner is not present, he must make full restitution.
15 If the owner was present, no restitution is required. If the animal was rented, the fee covers the loss.
16 If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Deuteronomy 15:2This is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed.
Deuteronomy 23:19Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.
Deuteronomy 23:20You may charge a foreigner interest, but not your brother, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything to which you put your hand in the land that you are entering to possess.
Nehemiah 5:4Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.
Psalms 37:21The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.
Matthew 5:42Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
Luke 6:35But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
Exodus 22:11an oath before the LORD shall be made between the parties to determine whether or not the man has taken his neighbor’s property. The owner must accept the oath and require no restitution.
Exodus 21:34the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he must pay its owner, and the dead animal will be his.
Leviticus 24:18Whoever kills an animal must make restitution—life for life.