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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Deuteronomy 22:1

Pass by. Hebrew, "hide thyself," pretending not to see it. --- Brother. Any fellow creature, Exodus xxiii. 4., and Luke x. 30. (Calmet) --- "We are very inhuman, not to shew as much concern for a man as the Jews do for a beast of burden." (St. Chrysostom, ser. 13.) (Du Hamel)

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    On the general character of the contents of this chapter see Deuteronomy 21:10 note....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    See Exodus 23:4 f.* (JE) and Leviticus 6:1 * (P), and _cf._ CH. §§ 9- 13. Deuteronomy 22:5. Peculiar to Dt. In one of the rites of Canaanite, Phœ nician, and Syrian heathenism the sexes changed dresse...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    NOT SEE. Compare Exodus 23:4; Exodus 23:5....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 1. _AND HIDE THYSELF FROM THEM_— That is, "pass by them, as if thou didst not see them." The expression is borrowed from people's hiding themselves from those whom they do not choose to meet....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    LAWS REGARDING LOST PROPERTY, DISTINCTION OF SEX IN APPAREL, AND CHASTITY 1-4. Law of Lost Property: see Exodus 23:4 and note....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לֹֽא ־תִרְאֶה֩ אֶת ־שֹׁ֨ור אָחִ֜יךָ אֹ֤ו אֶת

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here we have the record of the laws conditioning life in love and neighborliness. Every man was enjoined to take care of his brother's lost things if he found them; and he was also to help the hurt an...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and (a) hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother. (a) As though your did not see it....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The law given by Moses carries with it in every precept the most decisive evidences of its coming from GOD, for the whole speaks in a language not to be mistaken. But while I beg the Reader to notice...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Thy brother's_ Any man's, this being a duty of common justice and charity, which the law of nature taught even heathen. _Hide thyself from them_ Dissemble, or pretend that thou dost not see them, or...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Of humanitie toward brethren. 5 The sexe is to bee distinguished by apparell. 6 The dam is not to be taken with her yong ones. 8 The house must haue battlements. 9 Confusion is to be auoyded. 1...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    VARIOUS MINOR REGULATIONS...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them, by acting as though one did not see and knew nothing of the matter, Exodus 23:4; THOU SHALT IN ANY CASE, most ce...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    LAWS THAT TEST TRUE DISCERNMENT (vs.1-12) The laws in this section require a proper consideration of God's creation, whether of humans, animals, birds or even inanimate things. This involves our disc...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-4 If we duly regard the golden rule of "doing to others as we would they should do unto us," many particular precepts might be omitted. We can have no property in any thing that we find. Religion te...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    The portion of our book on which we now enter, though not calling for elaborate exposition, yet teaches us two very important practical lessons In the first place, many of the institutions and ordinan...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Deuteronomy 22:1 see H7200 (H8799) brothers H251 ox H7794 sheep H7716 astray H5080 (H8737) hide H5956 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    LOOKING AFTER OTHER PEOPLE'S LOST BELONGINGS (DEUTERONOMY 22:1). The principle behind this regulation was concern for one's neighbour, as revealed in looking after his lost belongings with a view to r...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Law of brotherhood, separation, unchaste wives and husbands. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: Christianity teaches us to be neighborly and to be ready to do all good offices as we have...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Deuteronomy 22:5. _All that do so are abomination to the Lord._ The note of Maimonides here is, that men presenting themselves before Venus, appeared partially in female attire; and women presenting t...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.—The cases stated and provided for in Deuteronomy 22:1 seem selected by way of example, and belong, according to our notions, rather to ethics than to law. It in noteworthy that no pena...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Thy brother's — Any man's. Thou shalt not hide thyself — Dissemble or pretend that thou dost not see them; or pass them by as if thou hadst not seen them....

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