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Positive Commandment #480 of 613

Return the lost object

Commandment #480a 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

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