Matthew Poole and continuators on Deuteronomy 22:1

1 THou shalt not see thy brothers ox, or his sheep go astray, and hide thy self from them : thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.

So called by communion not of Religion, but of nature, as having one Father, even God, Mal: 2. 10. as appears 1. Because the same Law is given about their Enemies ox, &c. Exod. 23. 4. 2. Because else the obligation of this law had been uncertain, seeing men could not ordinarily tell whether the straying Ox or Sheep belonged to a Iew or to a stranger. 3. Because this was a duty of common justice and charity, which the Law of Nature taught even Heathens, and it is absurd to think that the Law of God delivered to the Iews should have less charity in it than the law of nature given to the Gentiles.

(i. e.) Dissemble or pretend that thou dost not see them, or neglect and pass them by as if thou hadst not seen them.

Marginal references: Exod. 23. 4.