Midrash for Bava Metzia 65:11
ואמר רב יהודה אמר רב כל המקיים בעצמו כך סוף בא לידי כך:
If, 'when thou meet', I might think that meet is literally meant; therefore it is written. 'If thou seest', Now, what 'seeing' is the equivalent of 'meeting?' The Sages estimated this as two fifteenths<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'one in seven and a half.' ');"><sup>11</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
(Devarim 22:1) "You shall not see (the ox of your brothers or his lamb straying and [you shall] ignore them. Return shall you return them to your brother." "You shall not see": I might think, even if he were a mil away; it is, therefore, written (Shemoth 23:4) "If you encounter (the ox of your foe, etc.") If "If you encounter," I might think, literally; it is, therefore, written "You shall not see." How is this to be resolved? The sages estimated one-seventh of a mil, a ris.
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