KJVBut if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be a hired thing, it came for its hire.
If the owner was present, no restitution is required. If the animal was rented, the fee covers the loss.
if its owner is with it, he doth not repay, --if it is a hired thing, it hath come for its hire.
if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make [it] good; if it be a hired [thing], it came for its hire.
Exodus — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
29. Thou shalt not delay. We may gather from this passage that the first-fruits were offered, to the end that the Israelites should devote themselves and their possessions to God; for Moses enjoins these two things in conjunction, that they should not delay to consecrate to God of the abundance…