Every manufacturer or maker of goods knows, what those goods
are made of, how they will behave in different circumstances, and under
different conditions; so especially if they are expensive goods, or things made
to last a long time, he includes or provides a manual or instructions regarding
the repair, maintenance and use of such goods.
Not
surprisingly, therefore, God the Creator, not only laid down laws for his
people to live by, but knowing their propensity for mischief and error, He gave
them laws and by-laws, regarding not only how they should behave towards Him;
but how His people should behave towards one another.
Not only
did the Lord provide remedy guidelines for trespass to persons inter se, and
trespass to goods, and theft, he also provided remedies for negligence.
So it was
provided that, so if a man causes a trespass to another man’s vineyard to be
eaten or cause his field to be eaten, he shall make restitution from the best
of his own field. If a man causes fire
to escape from his own field and burns that of another, he shall make
restitution.
If a man
undertakes to keep goods for his neighbor and he claims the goods were stolen,
then if the thief be caught, then the thief would be compelled to pay double
the price of the goods; but if the thief be not caught, then the master of the
house from which the goods were stolen would be taken before the judges to
enquire whether the goods were really stolen, or if the householder had dishonestly
taken them himself. If then the judges
were not convinced that the goods were indeed stolen the bailee would have to
make restitution up to double the cost.
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