Exodus 23:4

And if you meet your enemy's ox or his ass going astray, you shall turn them back and restore them to him.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3And you shall not spare a poor man in judgment.

5And if you see your enemy's ass fallen under its burden, you shall not pass by it, but shall help to raise it with him.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 22:1When you see the calf of your brother or his sheep wandering in the way, you shall not overlook them; you shall by all means turn them back to your brother, and you shall restore them to him.

Proverbs 24:17If your enemy should fall, rejoice not over him, neither be elated at his overthrow.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 23:2-10

Judicial Laws. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. 2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: 3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. 4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. 5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help… Read the whole commentary →

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