Deuteronomy 22:2

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If the owner does not live near you or you do not know who the owner is, then you must corral the animal at your house and let it stay with you until the owner looks for it; then you must return it to him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 7:12 : 12 In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets.
  • 1 Thess 4:6 : 6 In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly.

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  • Deut 22:1
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    1Laws Concerning Preservation of Life When you see your neighbor’s ox or sheep going astray, do not ignore it; you must return it without fail to your neighbor.

  • Deut 22:3-4
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    3You shall do the same to his donkey, his clothes, or anything else your neighbor has lost and you have found; you must not refuse to get involved.

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  • Lev 25:35-36
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    35Debt and Slave Regulations“‘If your brother becomes impoverished and is indebted to you, you must support him; he must live with you like a foreign resident.

    36Do not take interest or profit from him, but you must fear your God and your brother must live with you.

  • Exod 23:4-5
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    4“If you encounter your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, you must by all means return it to him.

    5If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen under its load, you must not ignore him, but be sure to help him with it.

  • Exod 22:3-15
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    3If the sun has risen on him, then there is blood guilt for him. A thief must surely make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he will be sold for his theft.

    4If the stolen item should in fact be found alive in his possession, whether it be an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he must pay back double.

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    6“If a fire breaks out and spreads to thorn bushes, so that stacked grain or standing grain or the whole field is consumed, the one who started the fire must surely make restitution.

    7“If a man gives his neighbor money or articles for safekeeping, and it is stolen from the man’s house, if the thief is caught, he must repay double.

    8If the thief is not caught, then the owner of the house will be brought before the judges to see whether he has laid his hand on his neighbor’s goods.

    9In all cases of illegal possessions, whether for an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any kind of lost item, about which someone says‘This belongs to me,’ the matter of the two of them will come before the judges, and the one whom the judges declare guilty must repay double to his neighbor.

    10If a man gives his neighbor a donkey or an ox or a sheep or any beast to keep, and it dies or is injured or is carried away without anyone seeing it,

    11then there will be an oath to the LORD between the two of them, that he has not laid his hand on his neighbor’s goods, and its owner will accept this, and he will not have to pay.

    12But if it was stolen from him, he will pay its owner.

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    14“If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor, and it is hurt or dies when its owner was not with it, the man who borrowed it will surely pay.

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  • Deut 24:10-13
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    10When you make any kind of loan to your neighbor, you may not go into his house to claim what he is offering as security.

    11You must stand outside and the person to whom you are making the loan will bring out to you what he is offering as security.

    12If the person is poor you may not use what he gives you as security for a covering.

    13You must by all means return to him at sunset the item he gave you as security so that he may sleep in his outer garment and bless you for it; it will be considered a just deed by the LORD your God.

  • Lev 25:25-28
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    25“‘If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his near redeemer is to come to you and redeem what his brother sold.

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    26If you do take the garment of your neighbor in pledge, you must return it to him by the time the sun goes down,

  • Lev 25:47
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  • Num 27:10-11
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    10and if he has no brothers, then you are to give his inheritance to his father’s brothers;

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    71%

    31Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.

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    70%

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  • Deut 24:19
    70%

    19Whenever you reap your harvest in your field and leave some unraked grain there, you must not return to get it; it should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow so that the LORD your God may bless all the work you do.

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