Exodus 23:4

“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.

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WEBBE

“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.

BSB

If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.

KJV

If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

ASV

If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

BBE

If you come across the ox or the ass of one who is no friend to you wandering from its way, you are to take it back to him.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–9

In the law of Moses are very plain marks of sound moral feeling, and of true political wisdom. Every thing in it is suited to the desired and avowed object, the worship of one only God, and the separation of Israel from the pagan world. Neither parties, friends, witnesses, nor common opinions, must move us to lessen great faults, to aggravate small ones, excuse offenders, accuse the innocent, or misrepresent any thing.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.