...cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray,...of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of...

...twenty-one through twenty-three, we shall realize that every ordinance is sweet. For example, 23:4 says, "If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again." Instead of wanting to return an animal belonging to an enemy, we may be tempted to praise the Lord...

...multitude to pervert justice : nor shalt 3 thou favour a poor man in his cause. If thou meet thy 4 enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely...back to him again. If thou see the ass of him that hates 5 thee lying under its burden, and wouldst forbear to unload it, thou shalt surely unload it...

...cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray,...of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of...

...and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.* And again: If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray,...surely bring it back to him again. If thou see the ass ot~ him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely...

...ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden . . . thou shalt surely help with him. Exodus 23:5 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. Exodus 23:4 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from...

...vehement. Some nave pointed to the fact that the Old Testament Scriptures offset these imprecations. "If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden . . . thou shall surely help with him. . . . If thou meet thine enemy's ox going astray, thou shalt...

...offering. Lev, 6:1-5 Strayed Animals and Lost Property to Be Restored to the Owner or Kept for Him 4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shall surely bring it back to him again. Ex. 23:4 1 Thou shall not see thy brother's ox or his sheep...

...love, for one who needed such a lesson. We must heed the principle of the command in Exodus 23:4-5, If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray,...of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. Prisoners of war are "your enemy" in...

...the Mosaic Law went even beyond the preceding statement. The Hebrew was to do as much for an enemy: "If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray,...of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him" (Exod. 23:4-5). The Levite knew all...