Exodus 22:11 meaning and explanation

an 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 22:11, Berean Standard Bible

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These verses continue the case laws God gave Israel through Moses at Sinai. When a neighbor entrusted an animal to another for safekeeping and it died, was injured, or vanished with no witness, no one could prove theft.

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