Deuteronomy 22:4

Of Assisting to Lift Fallen Beasts. D's more comprehensive and more simply expressed edition of E's law, Exodus 23:5, which enjoins the duty of helping him that hateth theeto release(an archaic word) his animals when foundered beneath their burdens. On fallen, see Deuteronomy 21:1.

An animal fallen under its load needs two persons to put it right: -an operation which can be performed for a loaded animal only by lifting up the burden on both sides at once, unless it be unloaded and loaded again, implying much loss of time, and even this often cannot be done without assistance. Jew and Christian, Muslim and Koord mutually assist each other, though inimical to one another's faith" (Van Lennep, Bible Lands, etc., 231).