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Deuteronomy 22

Deut. 22:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thour shalt not see
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
thy brother’s
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
ox
showr (Hebrew #7794)
a bullock (as a traveller)
KJV usage: bull(-ock), cow, ox, wall (by mistake for 7791).
Pronounce: shore
Origin: from 7788
or his sheep
seh (Hebrew #7716)
probably from 7582 through the idea of pushing out to graze; a member of a flock, i.e. a sheep or goat
KJV usage: (lesser, small) cattle, ewe, goat, lamb, sheep. Compare 2089.
Pronounce: seh
Origin: or sey {say}
go astray
nadach (Hebrew #5080)
to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel, mislead, strike, inflict, etc.)
KJV usage: banish, bring, cast down (out), chase, compel, draw away, drive (away, out, quite), fetch a stroke, force, go away, outcast, thrust away (out), withdraw.
Pronounce: naw-dakh'
Origin: a primitive root
, and hide
`alam (Hebrew #5956)
to veil from sight, i.e. conceal (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X any ways, blind, dissembler, hide (self), secret (thing).
Pronounce: aw-lam'
Origin: a primitive root
s thyself from them: thou shalt in any case
shuwb (Hebrew #7725)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Pronounce: shoob
Origin: a primitive root
bring them again
shuwb (Hebrew #7725)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Pronounce: shoob
Origin: a primitive root
unto thy brother
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
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Ex. 23:4• 4--If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt certainly bring it back to him. (Ex. 23:4)
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Isa. 58:7• 7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring to thy house the needy wanderers; when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? (Isa. 58:7)

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Ox; Oxen,
Sheep

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-4:  Of humanity towards brethren.
5:  The sex is to be distinguished by apparel.
6-7:  The dam is not to be taken with her young ones.
8:  The house must have battlements.
9-11:  Confusion is to be avoided.
12:  Fringes upon the vesture.
13-21:  The punishment of him that slanders his wife.
22:  Of adultery;
23-27:  of rape;
28-29:  of fornication;
30:  of incest.
Thou shalt.
Ex. 23:4• 4--If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt certainly bring it back to him. (Ex. 23:4)
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Ezek. 34:4,16• 4The weak have ye not strengthened, nor have ye healed the sick, and ye have not bound up what was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought for that which was lost; but with harshness and with rigour have ye ruled over them.
 16I will seek the lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up the broken, and will strengthen that which was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong: I will feed them with judgment. (Ezek. 34:4,16)
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Matt. 10:6• 6but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. (Matt. 10:6)
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Matt. 15:24• 24But he answering said, I have not been sent save to the lost sheep of Israel's house. (Matt. 15:24)
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Matt. 18:12‑13• 12What think ye? If a certain man should have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, does he not, leaving the ninety and nine on the mountains, go and seek the one that has gone astray?
 13And if it should come to pass that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoices more because of it than because of the ninety and nine not gone astray. (Matt. 18:12‑13)
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Luke 15:4‑6• 4What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
 5and having found it, he lays it upon his own shoulders, rejoicing;
 6and being come to the house, calls together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep. (Luke 15:4‑6)
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James 5:19‑20• 19My brethren, if any one among you err from the truth, and one bring him back,
 20let him know that he that brings back a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death and shall cover a multitude of sins. (James 5:19‑20)
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1 Peter 2:25• 25For ye were going astray as sheep, but have now returned to the shepherd and overseer of your souls. (1 Peter 2:25)
hide thyself.
Deut. 22:3‑4• 3And so shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his clothing; and so shalt thou do with everything that is lost of thy brother, which he loseth, and thou findest: thou mayest not hide thyself.
 4Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case help him to lift them up. (Deut. 22:3‑4)
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Lev. 20:4• 4And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from that man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, that they kill him not, (Lev. 20:4)
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Prov. 24:11• 11Deliver them that are taken forth unto death, and withdraw not from them that stagger to slaughter. (Prov. 24:11)
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Prov. 28:27• 27He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; but he that withdraweth his eyes shall have many a curse. (Prov. 28:27)
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Isa. 8:17• 17And I will wait for Jehovah, who hideth his face from the house of Jacob; and I will look for him. (Isa. 8:17)
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Isa. 58:7• 7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring to thy house the needy wanderers; when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? (Isa. 58:7)
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Luke 10:31‑32• 31And a certain priest happened to go down that way, and seeing him, passed on on the opposite side;
 32and in like manner also a Levite, being at the spot, came and looked at him and passed on on the opposite side. (Luke 10:31‑32)
• All can understand however how the great object here {in this chapter} is that God would form the heart of His people in this relationship and measure according to His own affections. God would give them not bare righteous but holy thoughts, and not this only, but mingled with tenderness when called for. This will be found true if the contents of the chapter be duly weighed. (“Deuteronomy 22” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them back unto thy brother.