Deuteronomy 22:1

¶ 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 {H7200} thy brother's {H251} ox {H7794} or his sheep {H7716} go astray {H5080}, and hide {H5956} thyself from them: thou shalt in any case {H7725} bring them again {H7725} unto thy brother {H251}.

"You are not to watch your brother's ox or sheep straying and behave as if you hadn't seen it; you must bring them back to your brother.

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

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.

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 23:4 (4 votes)

    If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

  • Exodus 23:5 (4 votes)

    If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.

  • Proverbs 24:11 (3 votes)

    ¶ If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto death, and [those that are] ready to be slain;

  • Ezekiel 34:16 (3 votes)

    I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up [that which was] broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

  • Deuteronomy 22:3 (3 votes)

    In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.

  • Deuteronomy 22:4 (3 votes)

    Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift [them] up again.

  • Isaiah 58:7 (3 votes)

    [Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?