Throw It to the Dog and the Reward of Every Creature

"You shall throw it to the dog" (Exodus 22:30). According to Rabbi Yehudah: it you throw to the dog, but you do not throw to the dog every forbidden thing in the Torah. According to Rabbi Meir: it you throw to the dog, but you do not throw to the dog ordinary [non-sacred] animals that were slaughtered in the Temple court. "You shall throw it to the dog" means like a dog. Or does "to the dog" mean according to its plain sense? Scripture teaches, "You shall not eat any carrion" (Deuteronomy 14:21). And here is an argument from the lighter to the heavier case: if carrion, which conveys impurity by carrying, is permitted for benefit, then torn flesh, which does not convey impurity by carrying, surely should be permitted for benefit. So what does Scripture teach by "you shall throw it to the dog"? Both to the dog and like the dog. This is to teach you that the Omnipresent does not withhold the reward of any creature, as it is said, "But against the children of Israel not a dog shall sharpen its tongue" (Exodus 11:7). The Holy One, blessed be He, said: Give it [the dog] its reward. And here is an argument from the lighter to the heavier case: if the Omnipresent did not withhold the reward of an animal, how much more so the reward of a human being. And so it says, "The partridge that gathers but does not give birth" (Jeremiah 17:11). And it says, "A throne of glory, exalted from the first" (Jeremiah 17:12), and continues. Rabbi Elazar ben Azaryah said: anyone who speaks slander, and anyone who accepts slander, and anyone who gives false testimony against his fellow, deserves to be thrown to the dogs, as it is said, "You shall throw it to the dog," and it is written right after it, "You shall not carry a false report" (Exodus 23:1) — read it instead, "You shall not cause others to carry [a false report]." This is a warning to the court not to hear the words of one litigant before the other litigant arrives — read it instead, "Hear out the disputes between your brothers" (Deuteronomy 1:16). Rav Kahana said: from "you shall not carry," derive "you shall not cause to carry."