Positive Commandment #497 of 613
Help others load their beast
Commandment #497 — a positive obligation from Deuteronomy 22:4, classified under Morality in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"You shall not see your countryman's donkey or his ox fallen down on the way, and pay no attention to them; you shall certainly help him to raise them up.”
— Deuteronomy 22:4
Hebrew
ד לֹא-תִרְאֶה אֶת-חֲמוֹר אָחִיךָ אוֹ שׁוֹרוֹ, נֹפְלִים בַּדֶּרֶךְ, וְהִתְעַלַּמְתָּ, מֵהֶם: הָקֵם תָּקִים, עִמּוֹ. {ס}
Greek (Septuagint)
4 οὐκ ὄψῃ τὸν ὄνον τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου ἢ τὸν μόσχον αὐτοῦ πεπτωκότας ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ, μὴ ὑπερίδῃς αὐτούς· ἀνιστῶν ἀναστήσεις μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Morality
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 22
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Ki Tetze
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #541
- 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
#496: Help another remove the load from a beast which can no longer carry it
Exodus 23:5
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