Deuteronomio 22:1

1 No verás el buey de tu hermano, o su cordero, perdidos, y te retirarás de ellos; los volverás sin falta a tu hermano

Deuteronomio 22:1 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 22:1

Thou shall not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray,
&c.] Or "driven away" ^F18; frightened and starved away from the herd or from the flock by a wolf or dog; and the ox and sheep are put for every other creature a man has, as camels, asses which last sort is after mentioned; and a brother means not one in the natural relation of kindred only, for it is supposed, in the next verse, that he might not only be at a distance, but unknown; nor by religion only, or one of the commonwealth or church of the Jews, for what is enjoined is a piece of humanity the law of nature requires and directs unto, and is even to be done to enemies, ( Exodus 23:4 ) and hide thyself from them; make as if he did not see them, and so be entirely negligent of them, and takes no care and show no concern about them, but let them go on wandering from the herd and flock from whence they were driven, and to which they cannot find the way of themselves:

thou shalt in any case bring them again to thy brother:
to his herd or flock, or to his house, and deliver them into his own hands, or to the care of his servants.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 (Myxdn) "expulsos", Montanus; "impulsos", Munster; "depulsos", Piscator.

Deuteronomio 22:1 In-Context

1 No verás el buey de tu hermano, o su cordero, perdidos, y te retirarás de ellos; los volverás sin falta a tu hermano

2 Y aunque tu hermano no fuere tu pariente, o no le conocieres, lo recogerás en tu casa, y estará contigo hasta que tu hermano lo busque, y se lo devolverás

3 Y así harás de su asno, así harás también de su vestido, y lo mismo harás con toda cosa perdida de tu hermano que se le perdiere, y tú la hallares; no podrás retraerte de ello

4 No verás el asno de tu hermano, o su buey, caídos en el camino, y te esconderás de ellos; con él has de procurar levantarlos

5 No vestirá la mujer atuendo de hombre, ni el hombre vestirá vestido de mujer; porque abominación es al SEÑOR tu Dios cualquiera que esto hace