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IT CAME FOR HIS HIRE - The sum paid for hiring was regarded as
covering the risk of accident....
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CHAPTER 22 FURTHER JUDGMENTS
_ 1. Concerning theft (Exodus 22:1)_
2. Concerning neglect in case of fire (Exodus 22:6)
3. Concerning dishonesty (Exodus 22:7)
4. Concerning immoralities and forbidde...
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EXODUS 22:7 E. BREACH OF TRUST. A man going on a journey would make
his neighbour his banker. If the money or valuables were stolen, the
thief, if found, was to pay double (Exodus 22:7); otherwise the...
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Compensation for injury to a borrowed animal. If the owner is not with
it, the borrower is responsible and must make restitution; if the
owner is with it, it is presumed that he might have prevented a...
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Exodus 20:22 to Exodus 23:33
_The Book of the Covenant_
The -Book of the Covenant" (see Exodus 24:7 in explanation of the
name) is the oldest piece of Hebrew legislation that we possess. The
laws co...
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_it came for its hire_ and therefore, it is presumed, the owner was
prepared to take the risk, so that compensation for injury is
unnecessary. The sense expressed by the marg. is hardly likely: for if...
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THE TEXT OF EXODUS
TRANSLATION
22 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he
shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. (2) If the
thief be found breaking in,...
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_IF A MAN SHALL DELIVER UNTO HIS NEIGHBOUR MONEY OR STUFF TO KEEP, AND
IT BE STOLEN OUT OF THE MAN'S HOUSE; IF THE THIEF BE FOUND, LET HIM
PAY DOUBLE._
If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money...
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IT CAME FOR HIS (i.e. 'its'; see on Leviticus 25:5) hire] RM 'it is
reckoned in its hire.' The owner is understood to have taken the risk
of injury into account in fixing the price of hire.
16-31. Mi...
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THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT (CONTINUED)
1. Four sheep] The larger compensation required in the case of the ox
is probably due to the fact that it is an animal used for labour, and
of proportionately hig...
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EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION
GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES
EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 22
LAWS ABOUT PROPERTY – VERSES 1-15
V1 The *LORD continued to spe...
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Lending is a species of deposit; but for the benefit, not of the
depositor, but of the man with whom the deposit is made. The
obligation of the latter to keep intact and to return is therefore
even mo...
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IF IT BE A HIRED THING. — Letting out for hire is akin to lending;
but still quite a different transaction. Damage to a thing hired was
not to be made good by the hirer, since the risk of it might be...
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_[Exodus 22:14]_ אִם ־בְּעָלָ֥יו עִמֹּ֖ו לֹ֣א
יְשַׁלֵּ֑ם...
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The laws of property follow. The section really begins with verse Exo
21:33 of the previous chapter. These laws also began by laying
emphasis on the guilt of carelessness. The truth emphasized is that...
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[But] if the owner thereof [be] with it, he shall not make [it] good:
if it [be] an hired [thing], it (g) came for his hire.
(g) He that hired it shall be free by paying the hire....
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Hebrews 6:16; Genesis 31:39...
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"In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out
of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of
Sinai." Up to this point all the dealings of God have been the...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 THROUGH 23.
But having thus terminated the course of grace, the scene changes
entirely. They do not keep the feast on the mountain, whither God, as
He had...
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BUT IF THE OWNER THEREOF BE WITH IT,.... When it is hurt or dies; for
in some cases the owner might go along with his beast, being borrowed
or hired to do work with it; or, however, being upon the spo...
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Exodus 22:15 [But] if the owner thereof [be] with it, he shall not
make [it] good: if it [be] an hired [thing], it came for his hire.
Ver. 15. _It came for his hire,_] q.d., He shall pay the hire onl...
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If a man (suppose) lent his team to his neighbour, if the owner were
with it, or were to receive profit for the loan of it, whatever harm
befell the cattle the owner must stand to the loss of it; but...
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1 Of theft.
5 Of dammage.
7 Of trespasses. 14.Of borrowing.
16 Of fornication.
18 Of witchcraft.
19 Of bestialitie.
20 Of idolatrie.
21 Of strangers, widowes, and fatherlesse.
25 Of vsurie.
2...
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But if the owner thereof be with it, be present when some accident
befalls his animal, HE, the borrower, SHALL NOT MAKE IT GOOD; IF IT BE
AN HIRED THING, IT CAME FOR HIS HIRE, he paid for the use of t...
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REGARDING PROPERTY...
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C. FIRST FORM OF THE LAW OF THE POLITICAL COMMONWEALTH
Exodus 21:1 to Exodus 23:33
_a. Right of Personal Freedom (according to Bertheau, ten in number)_
1Now these _are_ the judgments [ordinances] w...
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LAWS AS REGARDS PROPERTY
(vs.1-15)
While one rightly was control over his own property, yet he is also
responsible as to how he uses it. If one were to dig a pit, even on
his own property, and leave...
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IF THE OWNER THEREOF BE WITH IT: the law reasonably presumes, both
that the borrower would not abuse it in the sight of its owner, and
that the lender might and would take due care about it. HE SHALL...
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The study of this section of our book is eminently calculated to
impress the heart with a sense d God's unsearchable wisdom and
infinite goodness. It enables one to form some idea of the character
of...
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Exodus 22:15 owner H1167 good H7999 (H8762) hired H7916 came H935
(H8804) hire H7939
it came for his hire -...
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TWO FURTHER COMMANDMENTS (EXODUS 22:14).
Both these verses begin with ‘and if', differentiating them from the
previous section. They deal with borrowing and enticement and stand on
their own.
BORROW...
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EXPANSION OF THE TEN WORDS OF THE COVENANT (EXODUS 20:22 TO EXODUS
23:33).
In this section, which is composed of elements put together mainly in
chiastic form (see later), Yahweh expands on the Ten W...
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CONTENTS: Judgments on rights of property; crimes against humanity.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses.
CONCLUSION: Man's attitude to his fellow man will be based on his
attitude to God and His law.
KEY WORD:...
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Exodus 22:2. _Breaking up,_ by forcible entrance into a house, _there
shall no blood be shed for him,_ though he be killed by another in his
own defence. In that case the thief might be presumed to ha...
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_If a man borrow._
BORROWING
1. God in His law provideth against hurting our neighbour’s goods by
borrowing.
2. Hurt and death may come to things borrowed without the sin of the
borrower.
3. In ca...
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CONCERNING BORROWING.—_Exodus 22:14_
This is an extension of the preceding principles. Borrowing might be
for the purpose of—1, obligation; or 2, trade.
I. If that which was borrowed received hurt i...
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EXPOSITION
LAW OF BORROWING.—The act of borrowing is connected with that of
depositing, since in both cases, the property of one man is committed
to the hands of another; only, in the one case, it is...
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EXPOSITION
II. LAWS CONNECTED WITH RIGHTS OF PROPERTY (verses 33-36). From the
consideration of injuries to the person, the legislator proceeds to
treat of injuries to property, and, as he has been sp...
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If a man shall steal an ox, and kill it, [The rustlers] and sell it;
he shall restore five oxen for an ox, four sheep for a sheep (Exodus
22:1).
You see in those days they were interested in taking ca...
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it came for his hire Zechariah 8:10...