Focused Passage

Deuteronomy 22:1-4

Covenant Order: Neighbor, Creation, and Sexual Holiness

The chapter moves from concrete acts of community care for neighbor and creature (vv. 1–8), through laws protecting created distinctions in the natural order (vv. 9–12), into a sustained legislation of sexual holiness, marital fidelity, and covenant purity (vv. 13–30), grounding neighbor-love and sexual ethics together in the covenant order Israel bears before God.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

1 If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother.

2 If your brother does not live near you, or if you do not know who he is, you are to take the animal home to remain with you until your brother comes seeking it; then you can return it to him.

3 And you shall do the same for his donkey, his cloak, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. You must not ignore it.

4 If you see your brother’s donkey or ox fallen on the road, you must not ignore it; you must help him lift it up.

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References and Original Words

Verse 1

Cross-references

Exodus 23:4 Classic cross-references 1 Corinthians 9:9 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 22:3 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 34:16 Classic cross-references Isaiah 58:7 Classic cross-references

Original words

If you see תִרְאֶה֩ H7200 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker your brother’s אָחִ֜יךָ H251 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular ox שׁ֨וֹר H7794 Noun - masculine singular construct or א֤וֹ H176 Conjunction - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker sheep שֵׂיוֹ֙ H7716 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular straying נִדָּחִ֔ים H5080 Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural you must not לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle ignore it וְהִתְעַלַּמְתָּ֖ H5956 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular . . . מֵהֶ֑ם Preposition-m | Pronoun - third person masculine plural be sure to return it הָשֵׁ֥ב H7725 Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute . . . תְּשִׁיבֵ֖ם H7725 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural to your brother לְאָחִֽיךָ׃ H251 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular

BSB notes

Or you must not hide yourself

Verse 2

Cross-references

2 Kings 8:6 Classic cross-references

Original words

If וְאִם־ H518 Conjunction your brother אָחִ֛יךָ H251 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular does not לֹ֨א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle live near you קָר֥וֹב H7138 Adjective - masculine singular or if you do not וְלֹ֣א H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle know who he is יְדַעְתּ֑וֹ H3045 Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular you are to take וַאֲסַפְתּוֹ֙ H622 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular . . . אֶל־ H413 Preposition the animal אֵלֶ֖יךָ H413 Preposition | second person masculine singular . . . תּ֣וֹךְ H8432 Noun - masculine singular construct home בֵּיתֶ֔ךָ H1004 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular to remain וְהָיָ֣ה H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular with you עִמְּךָ֗ H5973 Preposition | second person masculine singular until עַ֣ד H5704 Preposition your brother אָחִ֙יךָ֙ H251 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular - אֹת֔וֹ H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine singular comes seeking it דְּרֹ֤שׁ H1875 Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct then you can return it וַהֲשֵׁבֹת֖וֹ H7725 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular to him לֽוֹ׃ Preposition | third person masculine singular

Verse 3

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 22:1 Classic cross-references

Original words

And you shall do תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה H6213 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular the same וְכֵ֧ן H3651 Conjunctive waw | Adverb for his donkey לַחֲמֹר֗וֹ H2543 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular . . . וְכֵ֣ן H3651 Conjunctive waw | Adverb . . . תַּעֲשֶׂה֮ H6213 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular his cloak לְשִׂמְלָתוֹ֒ H8071 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular . . . וְכֵ֣ן H3651 Conjunctive waw | Adverb . . . תַּעֲשֶׂ֜ה H6213 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular or anything לְכָל־ H3605 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct your brother אָחִ֛יךָ H251 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular - אֲשֶׁר־ H834 Pronoun - relative - תֹּאבַ֥ד H6 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular . . . מִמֶּ֖נּוּ H4480 Preposition | third person masculine singular has lost אֲבֵדַ֥ת H9 Noun - feminine singular construct and you have found וּמְצָאתָ֑הּ H4672 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | third person feminine singular You must תוּכַ֖ל H3201 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular not לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle ignore it לְהִתְעַלֵּֽם׃ס H5956 Preposition-l | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct

Verse 4

Cross-references

Matthew 12:11 Classic cross-references Exodus 23:5 Classic cross-references 1 Thessalonians 5:14 Classic cross-references 2 Corinthians 12:15 Classic cross-references Exodus 23:4 Classic cross-references

Original words

If you see תִרְאֶה֩ H7200 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker your brother’s אָחִ֜יךָ H251 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular donkey חֲמ֨וֹר H2543 Noun - masculine singular construct or א֤וֹ H176 Conjunction ox שׁוֹרוֹ֙ H7794 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular fallen נֹפְלִ֣ים H5307 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural on the road בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ H1870 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular you must not לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle ignore it וְהִתְעַלַּמְתָּ֖ H5956 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular . . . מֵהֶ֑ם Preposition-m | Pronoun - third person masculine plural you must help him lift it up הָקֵ֥ם H6965 Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute . . . תָּקִ֖ים H6965 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular . . . עִמּֽוֹ׃ס H5973 Preposition | third person masculine singular

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