Exodus 23:5
Context| NETBible | If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen under its load, you must not ignore him, 1 but be sure to help 2 him with it. 3 |
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| NET © Notes |
1 tn The line reads “you will cease to forsake him” – refrain from leaving your enemy without help. 2 tn The law is emphatic here as well, using the infinitive absolute and the imperfect of instruction (or possibly obligation). There is also a wordplay here: two words עָזַב (’azav) are used, one meaning “forsake” and the other possibly meaning “arrange” based on Arabic and Ugaritic evidence (see U. Cassuto, Exodus, 297-98). 3 sn See H. B. Huffmon, “Exodus 23:4-5: A Comparative Study,” A Light Unto My Path, 271-78. |
