Deuteronomy 22:4

_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 TO HIM AGAIN._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

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 teaches us to be neighbourly, and to be ready to do all good offices to all men. We know not how soon we may have occasion for help....

EXPOSITION REGULATIONS REGARDING CATTLE STRAYED OR THINGS LOST, THE APPAREL OF THE SEXES, THE TAKING OF BIRDS, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES. CONFUSIONS TO BE AVOIDED. FRINGES TO BE MADE ON VESTMENTS. PUNISHMENT OF WIFE-SLANDER, ADULTERY, RAPE, FORNICATION, INCEST....

THOU SHALL NOT SEE THY BROTHER'S OX OR HIS ASS FALL DOWN BY THE WAY,.... And lie under his burden, not being able to rise with it of himself, nor with all the assistance about it, without further help: AND HIDE THYSELF FROM THEM; cover thine eyes, or turn them another way, and make as if thou didst not see them in distress: THOU SHALT SURELY HELP HIM TO LIFT THEM UP AGAIN; that is, help the brother and owner of it, the ox and ass; assist him in getting them up again, and lay on their burden, and fasten them aright, which either were rolled off by the fall, or were obliged to be taken off in order to raise them up; and if this was to be done for an enemy, then much more for a brother, as is required, Exodus 23:5, or "lifting up, thou shall lift them up with him" d; that is, most certainly do it, and lift with all his strength, and as often as there is occas

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) 3. Sins of adultery (Deuteronomy 22:22) Laws on the second table are now more fully expounded by Moses. The love to the neighbor is to be expressed by guarding and preserving that which is his property. The strayed and fallen animal belonging to another had to be helped. To leave them in that condition would have been a violation of the law “love thy neighbor as thyself” as well as an act of inhumanity. Another interesting law is the one which forbids woma

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 dresses (see references in Driver). Deuteronomy 22:6_ f_. Respect for parenthood, so prominent in Dt. (Deuteronomy 21:18, _cf. Deuteronomy 5:16_) is the probable source of this law (peculiar to Dt.)....

HELP. See note on Exodus 23:5....

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 thee_to _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)....

_VER._ 4. _THOU SHALT NOT SEE THY BROTHER'S ASS—FALL DOWN BY THE WAY,_ &C.— See Exodus 23:5. A famous example to this purpose is mentioned of Alphonsus, king of Naples, who, travelling upon a road, attended by a great retinue of courtiers, saw an ass with a heavy burden fallen into a deep slough: all who went before the king, passed by without any regard; but when he came to the place, he stopped, went himself to the driver, and lent him assistance to help the ass out of the mire. No one can fail remarking upon this law, how attentive Moses is to recommend the duties of justice, charity, and humanity. _Note;_ God would herein teach us, 1. To be ready for every friendly office to our neighbour. 2. To be strictly honest and upright, in retaining nothing of his, that came, however secretly, into our possession. 3. If such care is enjoined towards a lost sheep, how much mor

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 shalt surely bring them again unto thy brother. 2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it home to thy house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him, 3 And so shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his garment; and so shalt thou do with every lost thing of thy brother'S, which he hath lost, and thou hast found: thou mayest not hide thyself, 4 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fallen down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him t