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If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, don`t leave him, you shall surely help him with it.
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Love Your Enemy in Action
This law commands more than just refraining from revenge; it requires active help. Commentators explain that if you see your enemy's donkey struggling, you are obligated to stop and help them. This is a practical demonstration of love, forcing an Israelite to set aside personal feelings and offer tangible aid to someone who hates them.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
So far was the spirit of the law from encouraging personal revenge that it would not allow a man to neglect an opportunity of saving his enemy from…
19th Century
Anglican
The “miscellaneous laws” are here continued. From Exodus 23:1 to Exodus 23:9 no kind of sequence in the laws can be traced; from Exodus 23:10 to th…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
If you see the ass of him that hates you lying under his burden Fallen down, and such…
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