Deuteronomy 22:4
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.
Many people struggle with the "law" as they read through it. Since "Deuteronomy" is the "second giving of the law" the entire book might be tough to read. When trying to read the many laws and commands of God it is easier if you remember what Jesus said about the law. He said the entire law could be summed up in two commandments: Love The Lord God with all your heart and all your soul and all your might; and, love your neighbor as yourself. In this above "law" you can see how that summarization captures the entire meaning of the text. If we found our neighbor's donkey, ox, (phone, rack, dog) what is our "law" responsibility? It is to find the person it belongs to. We are probably fine with that until we find a wallet with no identification that contains hundreds of dollars. Then we have to ask, do we love our neighbor more than we love ourselves? That is where the true understanding of the law comes through.
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