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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Deuteronomy 22:2

If thy brother be not nigh unto thee, which may make the duty more troublesome or chargeable. If thou know him not; which implies, that if they did know the owner, they should restore it to him. Thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, to be used like thine own cattle. Thou shalt restore it to him again, the owner, as it may be presumed, paying the charges.

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See also Deuteronomy 22:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    18. AGAINST INHUMANITY AND DIFFERENT VIOLATIONS, False Testimony and Sins of Adultery CHAPTER 22 _ 1. Laws against inhumanity (Deuteronomy 22:1)_ 2. Concerning false testimony (Deuteronomy 22:13)...

  • 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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Wholly (except for _his ass_) D's addition to the law....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Of Restoring Lost Property. No Israelite shall see a brother's ox or sheep go astray without returning it, or caring for it till it is claimed, and so with an ass or garment or anything lost; D's expa...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    j. LIFE IN THE NEW LAND: VARIOUS LAWS (Deuteronomy 22:1-12) (1) LOST POSSESSIONS (Deuteronomy 22:1-4) Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shal...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    22:2 bring (b-18) Lit. 'gather it in the midst of the house.'...

  • 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

    וְ אִם ־לֹ֨א קָרֹ֥וב אָחִ֛יךָ אֵלֶ֖יךָ וְ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    LAWS OF PURITY (CHASTITY AND MARRIAGE) IN dealing with the ten commandments it has been already shown that, though these great statements of religious and moral truth were to some extent inadequate as...

  • 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

    And if thy brother [be] not (b) 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 restor...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Not nigh, either in blood or in place, (Calmet) though the latter signification seems more applicable; as, if the person lived at too great a distance, it would suffice to inform him where he might f...

  • 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...

  • 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

    AND IF THY BROTHER BE NOT NIGH UNTO THEE,.... Does not live in the same neighbourhood, but at some considerable distance; so that he cannot soon and easily be informed of his cattle, or they be sent t...

  • 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

    And if thy brother, the member of the Israelitish nation, BE NOT NIGH UNTO THEE, if he does not live in the immediate neighborhood, OR IF THOU KNOW HIM NOT, THEN THOU SHALT BRING IT, the lost animal,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    VARIOUS MINOR REGULATIONS...

  • 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...

  • 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 22:2 brother H251 near H7138 know H3045 (H8804) bring H622 (H8804) to H8432 house H1004 brother...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • 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

    _Thy brother’s ox or his sheep._ RESTORATION OF STRAY CATTLE AND LOST GOODS Moses urges right action in manifold relations of national life, and teaches Israel to regard all arrangements of God as s...

  • 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

    EXPOSITION REGULATIONS REGARDING CATTLE STRAYED OR THINGS LOST, THE APPAREL OF THE SEXES, THE TAKING OF BIRDS, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter twenty-two, now in those days they punished people for none involvement. If you saw your brother's ox or his sheep going astray, and you just try to ignore it: [you don't go out and get...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Thessalonians 4:6; Matthew 7:12...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    To thine own house — To be used like thine own cattle....

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