Commentary for Bava Kamma 107:12

אלא אמר רבא חמור דבור לרבי יהודה ושה דאבידה לדברי הכל קשיא:

'Where a sacred ox which had become disqualified [for the altar] fell into a pit, there would be exemption', as it is said: <i>And the dead shall be his</i> [implying that it was only] in the case of an ox whose carcass could be his [that there would be liability] and thus excluding the case of this ox whose carcass could never be his? — But Scripture says: He should give money unto the owner of it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXI, 34. ');">¹⁹</span> [implying] that everything is included which has an owner. If so, why not also include even inanimate objects and human beings?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.g., slaves. ');">²²</span>

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