Deuteronomio 22:4

4 No verás el asno de tu hermano, o su buey, caído en el camino sin ocuparte de ellos; sin falta le ayudarás a levantarlos.

Deuteronomio 22:4 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 22:4

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, (See Gill on Exodus 23:5), or "lifting up, thou shall lift them up with him" ^F4; that is, most certainly do it, and lift with all his strength, and as often as there is occasion; if they fell down again after raised up, help is still to be continued, even, as Maimonides ^F5 says, though it was an hundred times.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (Myqt Mqh) "erigendo eriges", Pagninus, Montanus.
F5 Hilchot Rotzeach, c. 13. sect. 5.

Deuteronomio 22:4 In-Context

2 Y si tu hermano no vive cerca de ti, o si no lo conoces, entonces lo traerás a tu casa, y estará contigo hasta que tu hermano lo busque; entonces se lo devolverás.

3 Así harás con su asno, y asimismo harás con su vestido; lo mismo harás con cualquier cosa perdida que tu hermano haya perdido y que tú halles. No te es permitido ignorarlos.

4 No verás el asno de tu hermano, o su buey, caído en el camino sin ocuparte de ellos; sin falta le ayudarás a levantarlos.

5 La mujer no vestirá ropa de hombre, ni el hombre se pondrá ropa de mujer; porque cualquiera que hace esto es abominación al SEÑOR tu Dios.

6 Si encuentras un nido de pájaros por el camino, en un árbol o en la tierra, con polluelos o con huevos, y la madre echada sobre los polluelos o sobre los huevos, no tomarás la madre con los hijos;