Why the Torah States What Can Already Be Inferred

Mekhilta Tractate Nezikin 16:24

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·March 24, 2026

(13) "if its owner were not with him, pay shall he pay. (14) If its owner were with him, he (the borrower) shall not pay": From the first (13), do I not know the second (14)? (Why, then, need it be written?)

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