You shall not watch your neighbor's ox or sheep straying away and ignore them; you shall take them back to their owner.
Deuteronomy 22:3 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional You shall do the same with a neighbor's donkey; you shall do the same with a neighbor's garment; and you shall do the same with anything else that your neighbor loses and you find. You may not withhold your help. Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And so shall you do with his donkey or his garment or with anything which your brother has lost and you have found. You shall not hide from [your duty concerning] them. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Do the same thing in the case of a donkey. Do the same thing in the case of a piece of clothing. Do the same thing in the case of anything that your fellow Israelite loses and you end up finding. You are not allowed to sit back and do nothing about it. Catholic Public Domain Version You shall act in a similar manner with his donkey, and his clothing, and all the belongings of your brother that have been lost. If you find it, you shall not neglect it, as if it belonged to a stranger. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou shalt do in like manner with his ass, and with his raiment, and with every thing that is thy brother's, which is lost. If thou find it, neglect it not as pertaining to another. |
You shall not watch your neighbor's ox or sheep straying away and ignore them; you shall take them back to their owner.
If the owner does not reside near you or you do not know who the owner is, you shall bring it to your own house, and it shall remain with you until the owner claims it; then you shall return it.
You shall not see your neighbor's donkey or ox fallen on the road and ignore it; you shall help to lift it up.