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Negative commandment 269 of 365

Not to pretend not to have seen lost property, so as to save oneself the trouble of recovering it and restoring it to the owner

Maimonides

Not to pretend not to have seen lost property, so as to save oneself the trouble of recovering it and restoring it to the owner, as it is said, “… thou mayest not hide thyself….” (Deut. 22:3).

Deuteronomy 22:3

KJV
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.
ASV
And so shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his garment; and so shalt thou do with every lost thing of thy brother’s, which he hath lost, and thou hast found: thou mayest not hide thyself.
WEB
So you shall do with his donkey. So you shall do with his garment. So you shall do with every lost thing of your brother’s, which he has lost and you have found. You may not hide yourself.
JPS
And so shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his garment; and so shalt thou do with every lost thing of thy brother’s, which he hath lost, and thou hast found; thou mayest not hide thyself.