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Property Laws

Exodus 22:13

In 11 translations

BSB
If the animal was torn to pieces, he shall bring it as evidence; he need not make restitution for the torn carcass.
KJV
If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.
WEB
If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it for evidence. He shall not make good that which was torn.
ASV
If it be torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness: he shall not make good that which was torn.
LSV
if it is certainly torn, he brings it in [as] a witness; he does not repay the torn thing.
YLT
if it is certainly torn, he bringeth it in — a witness; the torn thing he doth not repay.
DBY
If it have been torn in pieces, let him bring it [as] witness: he shall not make good what was torn.
DRC
If it were eaten by a beast, let him bring to him that which was slain, and he shall not make restitution.
GNV
If it be torne in pieces, he shall bring recorde, and shall not make that good, which is deuoured.
JPS22:12
If it be torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness; he shall not make good that which was torn.
LXXE22:12
And if it be seized of beasts, he shall bring him to witness the prey, and he shall not make compensation.

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Original-language editions

WLC22:12
אִם־טָרֹ֥ף יִטָּרֵ֖ף יְבִאֵ֣הוּ עֵ֑ד הַטְּרֵפָ֖ה לֹ֥א יְשַׁלֵּֽם׃KJV:Exod.22.13
LXX-Br22:12
Ἐὰν δὲ θηριάλωτον γένηται, ἄξει αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὴν θήραν, καὶ οὐκ ἀποτίσει.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Ezekiel 4:14“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”
  • Nahum 2:12The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.
  • Amos 3:12This is what the LORD says: “As the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites dwelling in Samaria will be rescued having just the corner of a bed or the cushion of a…
  • Micah 5:8Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through,…

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  • 22:12 in some Bibles
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