Deuteronomy 22:4 NIV

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 22:4

help. See note on Exodus 23:5 . read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Deuteronomy 22:4

This admonition, as Cousins stated, "Was applied in Exodus 23:4 to a legal adversary, in a lawsuit, but the law here is broader, since `brother' includes every one of God's people."[5] There is more here, however, than mere helpfulness toward our fellow men, there is concern and mercy for the animal kingdom, composed of those speechless, helpless victims of man's lust, greed, and brutality. "The righteous man regardeth the life of his beast" (Proverbs 12:10). Mercy upon the plight of the fallen... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 22:4

Ver. 4. Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass—fall down by the way, &c.— See Exodus 23:5. A famous example to this purpose is mentioned of Alphonsus, king of Naples, who, travelling upon a road, attended by a great retinue of courtiers, saw an ass with a heavy burden fallen into a deep slough: all who went before the king, passed by without any regard; but when he came to the place, he stopped, went himself to the driver, and lent him assistance to help the ass out of the mire. No one can... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 22:1-8

Preventing accidental death 22:1-8Love for one’s neighbor comes through in several concrete situations in Deuteronomy 22:1-4. Failure to get involved and help a neighbor in need is also wrong under the New Covenant (James 2:15-16; 1 John 3:17).Men appeared in women’s clothing and vice versa (Deuteronomy 22:5) in some of the worship rituals of Astarte. [Note: Ibid., p. 234.] Furthermore transvestism did and still does have associations with certain forms of homosexuality. [Note: Craigie, The... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 22:1-30

Laws regarding Lost Property, Distinction of Sex in Apparel, and Chastity1-4. Law of Lost Property: see Exodus 23:4 and note.5. ’God is not the author of confusion,’ and the natural distinctions He Himself has appointed ought to be respected. Whatever contravenes the law of nature contravenes the law of God: cp. the principle laid down by St. Paul in 1 Corinthians 11:3-16. Immodesty leads to immorality. There may be an allusion here to the unchaste practices connected with certain idolatrous... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 22:1-4

XXII. Deuteronomy 22:1-4. LOST PROPERTY.(1) Go astray.—Literally, being driven away, as by wild beasts (Jeremiah 1:17), or by robbers. It is not simply straying. “I will seek that which was lost and bring again that which was driven away” (Ezekiel 34:16), and so in many other passages.Thou shalt not . . . hide thyself from them.—Comp. Proverbs 24:12. “If thou sayest, Behold we knew it not . . . doth not He know it?” And Isaiah 58:7, “that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh.”(3) In like... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Deuteronomy 22:1-30

Your Responsibility for Your Brother Deuteronomy 22:1-3 A recent writer in one of our religious papers has said, with all the omniscience and infallibility that attach to the press, that no one preaches from the Pentateuch in these days. By this he probably suggests that there is no Gospel in the Pentateuch, and in suggesting this he shows hopeless, unblushing ignorance. One of the best books Charles Kingsley wrote was The Gospel in the Pentateuch; and anyone who takes the trouble to look for... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:1-30

LAWS OF PURITY (CHASTITY AND MARRIAGE)IN dealing with the ten commandments it has been already shown that, though these great statements of religious and moral truth were to some extent inadequate as expressions of the highest life, they yet contained the living germs of all that has followed. But we cannot suppose that the reality of Israelite life from the first corresponded with them. They contained much that only the experience and teaching of ages could fully bring to light; therefore we... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Deuteronomy 22:1-30

18. Against Inhumanity and Different Violations, False Testimony and Sins of Adultery CHAPTER 22 1. Laws against inhumanity (Deuteronomy 22:1-12 ) 2. Concerning false testimony (Deuteronomy 22:13-21 ) 3. Sins of adultery (Deuteronomy 22:22-30 ) Laws on the second table are now more fully expounded by Moses. The love to the neighbor is to be expressed by guarding and preserving that which is his property. The strayed and fallen animal belonging to another had to be helped. To leave them... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 22:1-30

LAWS THAT TEST TRUE DISCERNMENT (vs.1-12) The laws in this section require a proper consideration of God's creation, whether of humans, animals, birds or even inanimate things. This involves our discernment of things from God's viewpoint. If someone's ox or sheep went astray, then one who saw this was responsible to see that it was brought back to its owner (v 1). If the owner was not known, the finder was to keep the animal until he found its owner (v.2). This is just as proper today as it... read more