If anyone borrows an animal from their neighbor and it is injured or dies while the owner is not present, they must make restitution. The borrower's liability is stricter than the custodian's: when you borrow an animal for your benefit and it dies in your care, you are responsible for making it right — the owner took no benefit from the arrangement. The borrowed animal is in the borrower's use and care; its death or injury is the borrower's loss to bear. Luke 14:28–30 says count the cost before you build, before you commit — the liability that attaches to borrowed animals is part of counting the cost of entering any arrangement that involves responsibility for another person's property.

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