Not nigh, either in blood or in place, (Calmet) though the latter signification seems more applicable; as, if the person lived at too great a distance, it would suffice to inform him where he might find what he had lost; and, if the owner was unknown, the thing must be taken care of by him who finds it till he be discovered. (Du Hamel)
18. AGAINST INHUMANITY AND DIFFERENT VIOLATIONS, False Testimony and Sins of Adultery CHAPTER 22 _ 1. Laws against inhumanity (Deuteronomy 22:1)_ 2. Concerning false testimony (Deuteronomy 22:13)...
See Exodus 23:4 f.* (JE) and Leviticus 6:1 * (P), and _cf._ CH. §§ 9- 13. Deuteronomy 22:5. Peculiar to Dt. In one of the rites of Canaanite, Phœ nician, and Syrian heathenism the sexes changed dresse...
Wholly (except for _his ass_) D's addition to the law....
Of Restoring Lost Property. No Israelite shall see a brother's ox or sheep go astray without returning it, or caring for it till it is claimed, and so with an ass or garment or anything lost; D's expa...
j. LIFE IN THE NEW LAND: VARIOUS LAWS (Deuteronomy 22:1-12) (1) LOST POSSESSIONS (Deuteronomy 22:1-4) Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shal...
_AND IF THY BROTHER BE NOT NIGH UNTO THEE, OR IF THOU KNOW HIM NOT, THEN THOU SHALT BRING IT UNTO THINE OWN HOUSE, AND IT SHALL BE WITH THEE UNTIL THY BROTHER SEEK AFTER IT, AND THOU SHALT RESTORE IT...
22:2 bring (b-18) Lit. 'gather it in the midst of the house.'...
LAWS REGARDING LOST PROPERTY, DISTINCTION OF SEX IN APPAREL, AND CHASTITY 1-4. Law of Lost Property: see Exodus 23:4 and note....
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 22 V1 ‘You may see that your neighbour’s *ox or sheep is loose. If you do, you must not avoid i...
XXII. Deuteronomy 22:1. LOST PROPERTY. (1) GO ASTRAY. — Literally, _being driven away,_ as by wild beasts (Jeremiah 1:17), or by robbers. It is not simply straying. “I will seek that which was lost a...
וְ אִם ־לֹ֨א קָרֹ֥וב אָחִ֛יךָ אֵלֶ֖יךָ וְ
LAWS OF PURITY (CHASTITY AND MARRIAGE) IN dealing with the ten commandments it has been already shown that, though these great statements of religious and moral truth were to some extent inadequate as...
Here we have the record of the laws conditioning life in love and neighborliness. Every man was enjoined to take care of his brother's lost things if he found them; and he was also to help the hurt an...
And if thy brother [be] not (b) nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restor...
The law given by Moses carries with it in every precept the most decisive evidences of its coming from GOD, for the whole speaks in a language not to be mistaken. But while I beg the Reader to notice...
It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22. What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22, 23, 24, AND 25. Chapter 22 appears to contain ordinances to guard the people from want of benevolence and mercy, and of that which would offend the sensib...
AND IF THY BROTHER BE NOT NIGH UNTO THEE,.... Does not live in the same neighbourhood, but at some considerable distance; so that he cannot soon and easily be informed of his cattle, or they be sent t...
_Thy brother's_ Any man's, this being a duty of common justice and charity, which the law of nature taught even heathen. _Hide thyself from them_ Dissemble, or pretend that thou dost not see them, or...
1 Of humanitie toward brethren. 5 The sexe is to bee distinguished by apparell. 6 The dam is not to be taken with her yong ones. 8 The house must haue battlements. 9 Confusion is to be auoyded. 1...
And if thy brother, the member of the Israelitish nation, BE NOT NIGH UNTO THEE, if he does not live in the immediate neighborhood, OR IF THOU KNOW HIM NOT, THEN THOU SHALT BRING IT, the lost animal,...
VARIOUS MINOR REGULATIONS...
LAWS THAT TEST TRUE DISCERNMENT (vs.1-12) The laws in this section require a proper consideration of God's creation, whether of humans, animals, birds or even inanimate things. This involves our disc...
1-4 If we duly regard the golden rule of "doing to others as we would they should do unto us," many particular precepts might be omitted. We can have no property in any thing that we find. Religion te...
IF THY BROTHER BE NOT NIGH UNTO THEE, which may make the duty more troublesome or chargeable. IF THOU KNOW HIM NOT; which implies, that if they did know the owner, they should restore it to him. THOU...
The portion of our book on which we now enter, though not calling for elaborate exposition, yet teaches us two very important practical lessons In the first place, many of the institutions and ordinan...
Deuteronomy 22:2 brother H251 near H7138 know H3045 (H8804) bring H622 (H8804) to H8432 house H1004 brother...
LOOKING AFTER OTHER PEOPLE'S LOST BELONGINGS (DEUTERONOMY 22:1). The principle behind this regulation was concern for one's neighbour, as revealed in looking after his lost belongings with a view to r...
CONTENTS: Law of brotherhood, separation, unchaste wives and husbands. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: Christianity teaches us to be neighborly and to be ready to do all good offices as we have...
Deuteronomy 22:5. _All that do so are abomination to the Lord._ The note of Maimonides here is, that men presenting themselves before Venus, appeared partially in female attire; and women presenting t...
_Thy brother’s ox or his sheep._ RESTORATION OF STRAY CATTLE AND LOST GOODS Moses urges right action in manifold relations of national life, and teaches Israel to regard all arrangements of God as s...
CRITICAL NOTES.—The cases stated and provided for in Deuteronomy 22:1 seem selected by way of example, and belong, according to our notions, rather to ethics than to law. It in noteworthy that no pena...
EXPOSITION REGULATIONS REGARDING CATTLE STRAYED OR THINGS LOST, THE APPAREL OF THE SEXES, THE TAKING OF BIRDS, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF
Now in chapter twenty-two, now in those days they punished people for none involvement. If you saw your brother's ox or his sheep going astray, and you just try to ignore it: [you don't go out and get...
1 Thessalonians 4:6; Matthew 7:12...
To thine own house — To be used like thine own cattle....