Text -- Deuteronomy 22:2 (NET)

22:2 If the owner does not live near you or you do not know who the owner is, then you must corral the animal at your house and let it stay with you until the owner looks for it; then you must return it to him.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Deu 22:2

¹ tn Heb “your brother” (also later in this verse).

² tn Heb “is not.” The idea of “residing” is implied.

³ tn Heb “and you do not know him.”

⁴ tn Heb “it”; the referent (the ox or sheep mentioned in v. 1) has been specified in the translation for clarity.