Exo 23:5 | NET2full | STEP | If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen under its load , you must not ignore him, but be sure to help him with it.

Exodus 23:5

5 If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen under its load, you must not ignore him, ^{▼▼tn The line reads “you will cease to forsake him”—refrain from leaving your enemy without help.} but be sure to help ^{▼▼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 (ʿazav) are used, one meaning “forsake” and the other possibly meaning “arrange” based on Arabic and Ugaritic evidence (see U. Cassuto, Exodus, 297-98).} him with it. ^{▼▼sn See H. B. Huffmon, “Exodus 23:4-5: A Comparative Study,” A Light Unto My Path, 271-78.}