Exodus 22:13

“If it be torn in pieces, etc.] By some wild beast, at least as pretended: [then] let him bring it for witness; part of that which is torn, that it may be witness for him that it was torn, as in (<300312>Amos 3:12) as Aben Ezra observes; and so the Jerusalem Targurn, ''let him bring of the members of it a witness,” which would make it a clear case that it had been so used; but it is possible that the whole carcass might be carried off, and nothing remain to be brought as a proof of it; wherefore the Targum of Jonathan is, “let him bring witnesses;” and so some versions render it f699; and to this agrees Jarchi, whose note is, “let him bring witnesses of its being torn by violence, and he is…”

“This law appears to relate chiefly to herdsmen employed by the owners of cattle. When an animal was stolen Exodus 22:12, it was presumed either that the herdsman might have prevented it, or that he could find the thief and bring him to justice (see Exodus 22:4). When an animal was killed by a wild beast, the keeper had to produce the mangled carcass, not only in proof of the fact, but to show that he had, by his vigilance and courage, deprived the wild beast of its prey. return to 'Top of Page'”

“torn in pieces: Eze 4:14; Amo 3:12; Mic 5:8; Nah 2:12 let him bring it for witness: Or, rather, "Let him bring" aid hatteraiphah, an evidence of the thing torn, such as the horns, hoofs, etc. Exodus 22:14”