23:4 “If you encounter 1 your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, you must by all means return 2 it to him.
[23:4] 1 tn Heb “meet” (so KJV, ASV, NASB).
[23:4] 2 tn The construction uses the imperfect tense (taken here as an obligatory imperfect) and the infinitive absolute for emphasis.