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Deuteronomy 22:2 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 22 · verse 2
And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.Deuteronomy 22:2 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 22:2 in context
1Thou 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.
2And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.
3In 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.
4Thou 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- brotherʼâcha brother )H251 →
- bringʼâçaphto gather for any purposeH622 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- nighqârôwbnearH7138 →
- knowyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- seekdârashproperly, to tread or frequentH1875 →
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The kindness that was commanded to be shown in reference to an enemy (Exo 23:4, etc.) is here required to be much more done for a neighbour, though he were not an Israelite, for the law is consonant to natural equity. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-4