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.
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Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)The kindness that was commanded to be shown in reference to an enemy ( Exod. 23:4 , 5 ) 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. That strayed cattle should be brought back, either to the owner or to the pasture out of which they had gone astray, Deut. 22:1 , 2 . This must be done in pity to the very cattl…
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