Bible verse
the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he must pay its owner, and the dead animal will be his.
Exodus 21:34 · BSB
The verses around it, from Exodus 21.
30 If payment is demanded of him instead, he may redeem his life by paying the full amount demanded of him.
31 If the ox gores a son or a daughter, it shall be done to him according to the same rule.
32 If the ox gores a manservant or maidservant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver to the master of that servant, and the ox must be stoned.
33 If a man opens or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
34 the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he must pay its owner, and the dead animal will be his.
35 If a man’s ox injures his neighbor’s ox and it dies, they must sell the live one and divide the proceeds; they also must divide the dead animal.
36 But if it was known that the ox had a habit of goring, yet its owner failed to restrain it, he shall pay full compensation, ox for ox, and the dead animal will be his.
KJV
The owner of the pit shall make [it] good, [and] give money unto the owner of them; and the dead [beast] shall be his.
ASV
the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money unto the owner thereof, and the dead beast shall be his.
ERV
the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money unto the owner of them, and the dead beast shall be his.
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