Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Deuteronomy 22:1
Thy brother's — Any man's. Thou shalt not hide thyself — Dissemble or pretend that thou dost not see them; or pass them by as if thou hadst not seen them.
Thy brother's — Any man's. Thou shalt not hide thyself — Dissemble or pretend that thou dost not see them; or pass them by as if thou hadst not seen them.
CHAPTER XXII _Ordinances relative to strayed cattle and lost goods_, 1-3. _Humanity to oppressed cattle_, 4. _Men and women shall not wear each other's apparel_, 5. _No bird shall be taken with he...
On the general character of the contents of this chapter see Deuteronomy 21:10 note....
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...
NOT SEE. Compare Exodus 23:4; Exodus 23:5....
_go astray_ Heb. _niddaḥim_, usually rendered as a passive part., has here, probably, as in Micah 4:6; Zephaniah 3:19; Ezekiel 34:4; Ezekiel 34:16,
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...
_VER._ 1. _AND HIDE THYSELF FROM THEM_— That is, "pass by them, as if thou didst not see them." The expression is borrowed from people's hiding themselves from those whom they do not choose to meet....
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...
_THOU SHALT NOT SEE THY BROTHER'S OX OR HIS SHEEP GO ASTRAY, AND HIDE THYSELF FROM THEM: THOU SHALT IN ANY CASE BRING THEM AGAIN UNTO THY BROTHER._ Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox ... "Brother" i...
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...
לֹֽא ־תִרְאֶה֩ אֶת ־שֹׁ֨ור אָחִ֜יךָ אֹ֤ו אֶת
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...
Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and (a) hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother. (a) As though your did not see it....
_Pass by. Hebrew, "hide thyself," pretending not to see it. --- Brother. Any fellow creature, Exodus xxiii. 4., and Luke x. 30. (Calmet) --- "We are very inhuman, not to shew as much concern for a man...
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...
CONTENTS In this chapter we have certain laws respecting moral conduct, in the tenderness required to be shown to the brute creation: of distinction in apparel: and of the deportment towards the marr...
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...
THOU SHALL NOT SEE THY BROTHER'S OX OR HIS SHEEP GO ASTRAY,.... Or "driven away" r; frightened and starved away from the herd or from the flock by a wolf or dog; and the ox and sheep are put for every...
Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother. Ver. 1. _Thou shalt not see thy brothers._] No not th...
_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...
VARIOUS MINOR REGULATIONS...
Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them, by acting as though one did not see and knew nothing of the matter, Exodus 23:4; THOU SHALT IN ANY CASE, most ce...
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...
DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 22 Laws about stray cattle, DEUTERONOMY 22:1. About thy neighbor's ox fallen in the way, DEUTERONOMY 22:4. Woman's wearing of apparel distinct from man s, DEUTERONOMY 22:5
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 22:1 see H7200 (H8799) brothers H251 ox H7794 sheep H7716 astray H5080 (H8737) hide H5956 ...
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 Peter 2:25; Deuteronomy 22:3; Deuteronomy 22:4; Exodus 23:4;...