If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
Abstaining from evil is not enough; God demands that you actively help others within your power. I call him guilty of theft who lets his neighbor's property perish through negligence when he could have saved it. This duty extends even to enemies, so our cruelty to friends is doubly inexcusable.
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False witness in a matter touching a man's life combines lying, perjury, malice, theft, and murder all at once, dressed in the pretense of justice. Slandering and backbiting are species of false witness-bearing; the receiver of slander is as culpable as the thief who stole what he spreads.
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Commenting on Exodus 23:1-9
The law binds you firmly to return your enemy's straying beast, whether ox or ass. That he is an enemy, or that you despise him, neither of these things releases you from the obligation. You must bring it back to him.
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