Commentary for Bava Metzia 189:19
מ"ד חייב קסבר מקרא נדרש לפניו ולא לפני פניו
It has been stated: When there is culpable negligence [on the part of an unpaid bailee], and the owner is in [his service] — R. Aha and Rabina dispute therein: One maintains that he is liable; the other that he is exempt. He who rules that he is liable maintains that a Scriptural verse may be interpreted [as applying] to the immediately preceding subject, but not to the one anterior thereto: consequently, But if the owner thereof be with it, etc.,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mentioned in the case of borrower. ');"><sup>19</sup></span>
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