Midrash for Bava Metzia 65:5
ת"ר (שמות כג, ה) כי תראה יכול אפי' מרחוק ת"ל כי תפגע אי כי תפגע יכול פגיעה ממש ת"ל כי תראה ואיזו היא ראייה שיש בה פגיעה שיערו חכמים אחד משבע ומחצה במיל וזה הוא ריס
But it is written, Thou shalt surely help to lift them up again!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXII. 4: this is interpreted as referring to reloading. ');"><sup>5</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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