Holy Scripture

Deuteronomy 22:2

A church father on this verse
“Scripture teaches us by means of natural fellowship to treat the object found as a trust and not to hold hatred of an enemy.”
Clement of Alexandria, 3th c. — The Stromata Book 2

Source: Septuagint

Original

2And if thy brother do not come nigh thee, and thou dost not know him, thou shalt bring it into thy house within; and it shall be with thee until thy brother shall seek them, and thou shalt restore them to him.

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1When thou seest the calf of thy brother or his sheep wandering in the way, thou shalt not overlook them; thou shalt by all means turn them back to thy brother, and thou shalt restore them to him.

— Deuteronomy 22:2 —

3Thus shalt thou do to his ass, and thus shalt thou do to his garment, and thus shalt thou do to everything that thy brother has lost; whatsoever shall have been lost by him, and thou shalt have found, thou shalt not have power to overlook.

4Thou shalt not see the ass of thy brother, or his calf, fallen in the way: thou shalt not overlook them, thou shalt surely help him to raise them up.

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