Exodus 22:10
If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it: If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
Exodus 22:10 belongs to the instruction given to Moses on the mount in Exodus 19-24, which was written in a book. The One who gave it on Mount Sinai is Christ. It addresses the case where an animal — an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast — entrusted to a neighbor to keep dies or is hurt or is driven away with no one seeing it.
As part of those laws it guards against doing injustice and guides dealings with one another, putting away contention and teaching love as brethren with softened and subdued hearts. It belongs to a code showing God guarding His people's interests and setting impartial, exalted requirements.
It required an oath between man and man to settle the dispute, thereby carrying the matter from man to God, who reads the heart and knows the exact truth in every case. Solemnly taking God to witness that what is said is the truth and nothing but the truth is therefore no violation of God's word, but is right. When matters of importance must be decided by law and testimony is lawfully called for, a Christian, especially one living in the light of God's countenance, can consistently testify under oath and appeal to God.
It is part of the statutes and judgments to be strictly obeyed, and it is to be studied and presented before the people and obeyed now just as verily as by the children of Israel in the days of Moses.