1 T hou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them back unto thy brother.

“ You shall not see your countryman’s ox or his sheep straying away, and pay no attention to them; you shall certainly bring them back to your countryman.

2 A nd if thy brother be not near unto thee, and thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thy house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it unto him.

If your countryman is not near you, or if you do not know him, then you shall bring it home to your house, and it shall remain with you until your countryman looks for it; then you shall restore it to him.

3 A nd so shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his clothing; and so shalt thou do with everything that is lost of thy brother, which he loseth, and thou findest: thou mayest not hide thyself.

Thus you shall do with his donkey, and you shall do the same with his garment, and you shall do likewise with anything lost by your countryman, which he has lost and you have found. You are not allowed to neglect them.

4 T hou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case him to lift them up.

You shall not see your countryman’s donkey or his ox fallen down on the way, and pay no attention to them; you shall certainly help him to raise them up.

5 T here shall not be a man's apparel on a woman, neither shall a man put on a woman's clothing; for whoever doeth so is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.

“A woman shall not wear man’s clothing, nor shall a man put on a woman’s clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord your God.

6 I f a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree, or upon the ground, with young or with eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:

“If you happen to come upon a bird’s nest along the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, you shall not take the mother with the young;

7 t hou shalt in any case let the dam go, and thou mayest take the young to thee, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.

you shall certainly let the mother go, but the young you may take for yourself, in order that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days.

8 W hen thou buildest a new house, thou shalt make a parapet for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any one should in any wise fall from it.

“When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof, so that you will not bring bloodguilt on your house if anyone falls from it.

9 T hou shalt not sow thy vineyard with two sorts, lest the whole of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the produce of thy vineyard, be forfeited.

“ You shall not sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed, or all the produce of the seed which you have sown and the increase of the vineyard will become defiled.

10 T hou shalt not plough with an ox and an ass together.

“ You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together.

11 T hou shalt not wear a garment of mixed material, of wool and linen together.

“ You shall not wear a material mixed of wool and linen together.

12 T assels shalt thou make thee on the four corners of thy clothing, wherewith thou coverest thyself.

“ You shall make yourself tassels on the four corners of your garment with which you cover yourself. Laws on Morality

13 I f a man take a wife, and go in unto her and hate her,

“ If any man takes a wife and goes in to her and then turns against her,

14 a nd charge her with things for scandalous talk, and cause an evil name against her to be spread abroad, and say, This woman have I taken, and I came in unto her, and I did not find her a virgin;

and charges her with shameful deeds and publicly defames her, and says, ‘I took this woman, but when I came near her, I did not find her a virgin,’

15 t hen shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate;

then the girl’s father and her mother shall take and bring out the evidence of the girl’s virginity to the elders of the city at the gate.

16 a nd the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man as wife, and he hates her;

The girl’s father shall say to the elders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man for a wife, but he turned against her;

17 a nd behold, he charges her with things for scandalous talk, saying, I found not thy daughter a virgin; and here are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.

and behold, he has charged her with shameful deeds, saying, “I did not find your daughter a virgin.” But this is the evidence of my daughter’s virginity.’ And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.

18 A nd the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him;

So the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him,

19 a nd they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath caused an evil name to be spread abroad against a virgin in Israel. And she shall remain his wife: he may not put her away all his days.

and they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give it to the girl’s father, because he publicly defamed a virgin of Israel. And she shall remain his wife; he cannot divorce her all his days.

20 B ut if this thing is true, virginity hath not been found with the damsel;

“But if this charge is true, that the girl was not found a virgin,

21 t hen they shall bring out the damsel unto the entrance of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought infamy in Israel, committing fornication in her father's house; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.

then they shall bring out the girl to the doorway of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death because she has committed an act of folly in Israel by playing the harlot in her father’s house; thus you shall purge the evil from among you.

22 I f a man be found lying with a man's wife, they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman; and thou shalt put away evil from Israel.

“ If a man is found lying with a married woman, then both of them shall die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman; thus you shall purge the evil from Israel.

23 I f a damsel, a virgin, be betrothed to some one, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her,

“ If there is a girl who is a virgin engaged to a man, and another man finds her in the city and lies with her,

24 t hen ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, in the city, and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.

then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city and you shall stone them to death; the girl, because she did not cry out in the city, and the man, because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. Thus you shall purge the evil from among you.

25 B ut if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her, then the man only that lay with her shall die;

“But if in the field the man finds the girl who is engaged, and the man forces her and lies with her, then only the man who lies with her shall die.

26 a nd unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing: there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death; for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and murdereth him, so is this matter;

But you shall do nothing to the girl; there is no sin in the girl worthy of death, for just as a man rises against his neighbor and murders him, so is this case.

27 f or he found her in the field, the betrothed damsel cried, and there was no one to save her.

When he found her in the field, the engaged girl cried out, but there was no one to save her.

28 I f a man find a damsel, a virgin, who is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found,

“ If a man finds a girl who is a virgin, who is not engaged, and seizes her and lies with her and they are discovered,

29 t hen the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he hath humbled her; he may not put her away all his days.

then the man who lay with her shall give to the girl’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall become his wife because he has violated her; he cannot divorce her all his days.

30 A man shall not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's skirt.

“ A man shall not take his father’s wife so that he will not uncover his father’s skirt.