Positive Commandment #480 of 613
Return the lost object
Commandment #480 — a positive obligation from Deuteronomy 22:1, classified under Morality in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"You shall not see your countryman's ox or his sheep straying away, and pay no attention to them; you shall certainly bring them back to your countryman.”
— Deuteronomy 22:1
Hebrew
א לֹא-תִרְאֶה אֶת-שׁוֹר אָחִיךָ אוֹ אֶת-שֵׂיוֹ, נִדָּחִים, וְהִתְעַלַּמְתָּ, מֵהֶם: הָשֵׁב תְּשִׁיבֵם, לְאָחִיךָ.
Greek (Septuagint)
1 Μὴ ἰδὼν τὸν μόσχον τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου ἢ τὸ πρόβατον αὐτοῦ πλανώμενα ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ ὑπερίδῃς αὐτά· ἀποστροφῇ ἀποστρέψεις αὐτὰ τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου καὶ ἀποδώσεις αὐτῷ.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Morality
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 22
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Ki Tetze
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #538
- 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
#479: Do not ignore a lost object
Deuteronomy 22:3
#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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