Deuteronomy 22:1-4 (KJV)
Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother’s, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.

Cowboys honor the spirit of this passage to this day. They do it in two ways:

• They return livestock when it escapes and finds its way to his property 
• They assist one another whenever someone’s livestock gets loose

They do not assume a loose animal is free for the taking.

Notice that the passage applies to more than livestock. Anything that is not ours is to be returned to the owner. If the owner is not readily known, he may take to himself but with the provision that when and if the owner is discovered he will restore it.

It relates to a value of ethics that should exist yet today.

• No animal is ours unless we purchase it
• No thing is ours if someone else has a rightful claim to it
• No church member belongs to a church unless the previous pastor approves it 

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Deuteronomy 22:1-4 (KJV) Finders Is Not Keepers

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