221 " You shall not see your countryman's ox or his sheep straying away , and pay no attention to them; you shall certainly bring them back to your countryman . 2 "If your countryman is not near you, or if you do not know him, then you shall bring it home to your house , and it shall remain with you until your countryman looks for it; then you shall restore it to him. 3 "Thus you shall do with his donkey , and you shall do the same with his garment , and you shall do likewise with anything lost by your countryman , which he has lost and you have found . You are not allowed to neglect them. 4 "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.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 22:1-4
Commentary on Deuteronomy 22:1-4
(Read Deuteronomy 22:1-4)
If we duly regard the golden rule of "doing to others as we would they should do unto us," many particular precepts might be omitted. We can have no property in any thing that we find. Religion teaches us to be neighbourly, and to be ready to do all good offices to all men. We know not how soon we may have occasion for help.