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Positive commandment 244 of 248

To adjudicate cases of loss for which a gratuitous borrower is liable

Rembrandt, Moses with the Ten Commandments (1659), Gemäldegalerie Berlin. Public domain.

Maimonides

To adjudicate cases of loss for which a gratuitous borrower is liable, as it is said, “And if a man borrow aught from his neighbour….” (Ex. 22:13-14).

Exodus 22:14–15 · Hebrew 22:13–14

KJV
And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good. But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing , it came for his hire.
ASV
And if a man borrow aught of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof not being with it, he shall surely make restitution. If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be a hired thing, it came for its hire.
WEB
“If a man borrows anything of his neighbor’s, and it is injured, or dies, its owner not being with it, he shall surely make restitution. If its owner is with it, he shall not make it good. If it is a leased thing, it came for its lease.
JPS
And if a man borrow aught of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof not being with it, he shall surely make restitution. If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good; if it be a hireling, he loseth his hire.