Deuteronomy 22:1

Translations

Modern

If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother.

Traditional

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.

Literal

You shall not see the ox of your brother or his sheep going astray, and hide yourself from them; you shall surely turn them back to your brother.

Latin

Non videbis bovem fratris tui, aut ovem errantem, et præteribis: sed reduces fratri tuo,

Original

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English

If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother.

Notes

Deuteronomy 22:1

you must not ignore it: A person should not avoid a difficult situation by pretending not to see it. Doing so is a failure of the person to do his duty to the covenant community.

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Related verses

Exodus 23:4–5
If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.
Ezekiel 34:16
I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’
Isaiah 58:7
Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
Deuteronomy 22:3–4
And you shall do the same for his donkey, his cloak, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. You must not ignore it.
Proverbs 24:11
Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
Matthew 10:6
Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.
Proverbs 28:27
Whoever gives to the poor will not be in need, but he who hides his eyes will receive many curses.
Matthew 18:12–13
What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?
Matthew 15:24
He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Luke 10:31–32
Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
Ezekiel 34:4
You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.
Leviticus 20:4
And if the people of the land ever hide their eyes and fail to put to death the man who gives one of his children to Molech,

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Archaeology and the Bible Biblical Concept of Law Covenant Deuteronomy, Book of Neighbor

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Kindness: General Scriptures Concerning Neighbor: General Scriptures Concerning Property: Personal: Strayed, to be Returned to Owner Stray: Straying Animals to be Returned the Domestic Donkey: Laws Respecting: Astray, to be Brought Back to Its Owners The Ox: Laws Respecting: Straying to be Brought Back to Its Owner

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