Negative Commandment #479 of 613
Do not ignore a lost object
Commandment #479 — a prohibition from Deuteronomy 22:3, classified under Morality in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"Thus you shall do with his donkey, and you shall do the same with his garment, and you shall do likewise with anything lost by your countryman, which he has lost and you have found. You are not allowed to neglect them.”
— Deuteronomy 22:3
Hebrew
ג וְכֵן תַּעֲשֶׂה לַחֲמֹרוֹ, וְכֵן תַּעֲשֶׂה לְשִׂמְלָתוֹ, וְכֵן תַּעֲשֶׂה לְכָל-אֲבֵדַת אָחִיךָ אֲשֶׁר-תֹּאבַד מִמֶּנּוּ, וּמְצָאתָהּ: לֹא תוּכַל, לְהִתְעַלֵּם. {ס}
Greek (Septuagint)
3 οὕτως ποιήσεις τὸν ὄνον αὐτοῦ καὶ οὕτως ποιήσεις τὸ ἱμάτιον αὐτοῦ καὶ οὕτως ποιήσεις κατὰ πᾶσαν ἀπώλειαν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου, ὅσα ἐὰν ἀπόληται παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ καὶ εὕρῃς· οὐ δυνήσῃ ὑπεριδεῖν. --
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Morality
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 22
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Ki Tetze
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #539
- Mishneh Torah
- InjuriesRobbery and Lost Property
Related Commandments in “Morality”
#25: Do not follow the whims of your heart or what your eyes see
Numbers 15:39
#477: Do not desire another's possession
Deuteronomy 5:18
#478: Return a stolen object or its value
Leviticus 6:5
#480: Return the lost object
Deuteronomy 22:1
#496: Help another remove the load from a beast which can no longer carry it
Exodus 23:5
#497: Help others load their beast
Deuteronomy 22:4
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