Exodus 22:10-11 - Exposition

If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass or an ox , etc.—The deposit of cattle is unheard of in classical antiquity; but it might well be the usage of a pastoral race ( Genesis 47:3 ). The parallelism of the verse with Exodus 22:6 indicates that a deposit of the same kind is intended. If it die, or be hurt, or driven away .—The deposited beast might "die" naturally; or "he hurt" by a wild beast or a fall; or be "driven away "by thieves, without anyone seeing what had happened. In that case, if the man to whom the animal was entrusted would swear that he was no party to its disappearance, the owner had to put up with the loss.