Positive Commandment #496 of 613
Help another remove the load from a beast which can no longer carry it
Commandment #496 — a positive obligation from Exodus 23:5, classified under Morality in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying helpless under its load, you shall refrain from leaving it to him, you shall surely release it with him.”
— Exodus 23:5
Hebrew
ה כִּי-תִרְאֶה חֲמוֹר שֹׂנַאֲךָ, רֹבֵץ תַּחַת מַשָּׂאוֹ, וְחָדַלְתָּ, מֵעֲזֹב לוֹ--עָזֹב תַּעֲזֹב, עִמּוֹ. {ס}
Greek (Septuagint)
5 ἐὰν δὲ ἴδῃς τὸ ὑποζύγιον τοῦ ἐχθροῦ σου πεπτωκὸς ὑπὸ τὸν γόμον αὐτοῦ, οὐ παρελεύσῃ αὐτό, ἀλλὰ συνεγερεῖς αὐτὸ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ. --
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Morality
- Book
- exodus
- Chapter
- 23
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Mishpatim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #80
- Mishneh Torah
- InjuriesA Murder and the Preservation of Life
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
#480: Return the lost object
Deuteronomy 22:1
#497: Help others load their beast
Deuteronomy 22:4
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