Deuteronomy 22

¹“If you see your brother’s ox or sheep wander astray, you shall not pass by. Instead, you shall lead them back to your brother.

²But if your brother is not near, or you do not know him, you shall lead them to your house, and they shall be with you until your brother seeks them and receives them.

³You shall act in a similar manner with his donkey, and his clothing, and all the belongings of your brother that have been lost. If you find it, you shall not neglect it, as if it belonged to a stranger.

⁴If you see that your brother’s donkey or ox has fallen along the way, you shall not disregard it. Instead, you shall lift it up with him.

⁵A woman shall not be clothed with manly apparel, nor shall a man make use of feminine apparel. For whoever does these things is abominable with God.

⁶If, as you are walking along the way, you find a bird’s nest, in a tree or on the ground, and the mother is nurturing the young or the eggs, you shall not take her with her young.

⁷Instead, you shall permit her to go, retaining the young that you have caught, so that it may be well with you, and you may live for a long time.

⁸When you build a new house, you shall make a wall around the roof. Otherwise, someone may slip and fall down violently, and so blood would be shed at your house, and you would be guilty.

⁹You shall not sow your vineyard with another seed, lest both the seed that you have sown and what springs forth from the vineyard be sanctified together.

¹⁰You shall not till with an ox and a donkey at the same time.

¹¹You shall not wear a vestment which has been woven from both wool and linen.

¹²You shall make strings along the hem, at the four corners of your cloak, which covers you.

¹³If a man takes a wife, and afterwards he has hatred for her,

¹⁴and so he seeks opportunities to dismiss her, imputing a very wicked name to her by saying, ‘I received this woman as a wife, and upon entering to her, I found her not to be a virgin,’

¹⁵then her father and mother shall take her, and they shall bring with them the signs of her virginity, to the elders of the city who are at the gate.

¹⁶And the father shall say: ‘I gave my daughter to this man as a wife. And because he hates her,

¹⁷he accuses her with a very wicked name, by saying: “I did not find your daughter to be a virgin.” But behold, these are the signs of my daughter’s virginity.’ And they shall spread the clothing before the elders of the city.

¹⁸And the elders of that city shall apprehend that man and beat him.

¹⁹Moreover, they shall fine him one hundred shekels of silver, which he will give to the father of the girl, because he has committed slander, with a very wicked name, against a virgin of Israel. And he shall have her as a wife, and he cannot dismiss her throughout all the days of his life.

²⁰But if what he has claimed is true and virginity is not found in the girl,

²¹then they shall throw her down, outside the doors of her father’s house, and the men of that city shall stone her to death, and she shall die. For she has acted wickedly in Israel, in that she fornicated in her father’s house. And so shall you take away the evil from your midst.

²²If a man sleeps with the wife of another, then they shall both die, that is, the adulterer and the adulteress. And so shall you take away the evil from Israel.

²³If a man has betrothed a girl who is a virgin, and if someone finds her in the city and he lies with her,

²⁴then you shall lead them both out to the gate of that city, and they shall be stoned to death: the girl, because she did not cry out though she was in the city; the man, because he has humiliated the wife of his neighbor. And so shall you take away the evil from your midst.

²⁵But if a man discovers, in the countryside, a girl who has been betrothed, and, apprehending her, he lies with her, then he alone shall die.

²⁶The girl shall suffer nothing, nor is she guilty unto death. For just as a robber rises up against his brother and slays his life, so also did the girl suffer greatly.

²⁷She was alone in the field. She cried out, and there was no one nearby, who might deliver her.

²⁸If a man finds a girl who is a virgin, who does not have a betrothal, and, taking her, he lies with her, and the matter is brought to judgment,

²⁹then he who slept with her shall give to the father of the girl fifty shekels of silver, and he shall have her as a wife, because he has humiliated her. He cannot dismiss her, throughout all the days of his life.

³⁰No man shall take his father’s wife, nor remove her covering.”

Deuteronomy 22

¹Thou shalt not pass by if thou seest thy brother's ox, or his sheep go astray: but thou shalt bring them back to thy brother.

²And if thy brother be not nigh, or thou know him not: thou shalt bring them to thy house, and they shall be with thee until thy brother seek them, and receive them.

³Thou shalt do in like manner with his ass, and with his raiment, and with every thing that is thy brother's, which is lost: if thou find it, neglect it not as pertaining to another.

⁴If thou see thy brother's ass or his ox to be fallen down in the way, thou shalt not slight it, but shalt lift it up with him.

⁵A woman shall not be clothed with man's apparel, neither shall a man use woman's apparel: for he that doth these things is abominable before God.

⁶If thou find as thou walkest by the way, a bird's nest in a tree, or on the ground, and the dam sitting upon the young or upon the eggs: thou shalt not take her with her young:

⁷But shalt let her go, keeping the young which thou hast caught: that it may be well with thee, and thou mayst live a long time.

⁸When thou buildest a new house, thou shalt make a battlement to the roof round about: lest blood be shed in thy house, and thou be guilty, if any one slip, and fall down headlong.

⁹Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest both the seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of the vineyard, be sanctified together.

¹⁰Thou shalt not plough with an ox and an ass together.

¹¹Thou shalt not wear a garment that is woven of woollen and linen together.

¹²Thou shalt make strings in the hem at the four corners of thy cloak, wherewith thou shalt be covered.

¹³If a man marry a wife, and afterwards hate her,

¹⁴And seek occasions to put her away, laying to her charge a very ill name, and say: I took this woman to wife, and going in to her, I found her not a virgin:

¹⁵Her father and mother shall take her, and shall bring with them the tokens of her virginity to the ancients of the city that are in the gate:

¹⁶And the father shall say: I gave my daughter unto this man to wife: and because he hateth her,

¹⁷He layeth to her charge a very ill name, so as to say: I found not thy daughter a virgin: and behold these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the ancients of the city:

¹⁸And the ancients of that city shall take that man, and beat him,

¹⁹Condemning him besides in a hundred sicles of silver, which he shall give to the damsel's father, because he hath defamed by a very ill name a virgin of Israel: and he shall have her to wife, and may not put her away all the days of his life.

²⁰But if what he charged her with be true, and virginity be not found in the damsel:

²¹They shall cast her out of the doors of her father's house, and the men of the city shall stone her to death, and she shall die: because she hath done a wicked thing in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: and thou shalt take away the evil out of the midst of thee.

²²If a man lie with another man's wife, they shall both die, that is to say, the adulterer and the adulteress: and thou shalt take away the evil out of Israel.

²³If a man have espoused a damsel that is a virgin, and some one find her in the city, and lie with her,

²⁴Thou shalt bring them both out to the gate of that city, and they shall be stoned: the damsel, because she cried not out, being in the city: the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife. And thou shalt take away the evil from the midst of thee.

²⁵But if a man find a damsel that is betrothed, in the field, and taking hold of her, lie with her, he alone shall die:

²⁶The damsel shall suffer nothing, neither is she guilty of death: for as a robber riseth against his brother, and taketh away his life, so also did the damsel suffer:

²⁷She was alone in the field: she cried, and there was no man to help her.

²⁸If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, who is not espoused, and taking her, lie with her, and the matter come to judgment:

²⁹He that lay with her shall give to the father of the maid fifty sicles of silver, and shall have her to wife, because he hath humbled her: he may not put her away all the days of his life.

³⁰No man shall take his father's wife, nor remove his covering.