🔥WEB · Exodus 23:4
What does Exodus 23:4 mean?
"“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again."
— Exodus 23:4 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
“You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. You shall not testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice.
You shall not favor a poor man in his cause.
“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.
If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, don’t leave him, you shall surely help him with it.
“You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.
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