1 “ You shall not see your brother’s ox or his sheep going astray, and hide yourself from them; you shall certainly bring them back to your brother.

Thou 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.

2 A nd if your brother is not near you, or if you do not know him, then you shall bring it to your own house, and it shall remain with you until your brother seeks it; then you shall restore it to him.

And 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.

3 Y ou shall do the same with his donkey, and so shall you do with his garment; with any lost thing of your brother’s, which he has lost and you have found, you shall do likewise; you must not hide yourself.

And 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.

4 “ You shall not see your brother’s donkey or his ox fall down along the road, and hide yourself from them; you shall surely help him lift them up again.

Thou 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.

5 “ A woman shall not wear anything that pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman’s garment, for all who do so are an abomination to the Lord your God.

There 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.

6 “ If a bird’s nest happens to be before you along the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, with the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, you shall not take the mother with the young;

If 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:

7 y ou shall surely let the mother go, and take the young for yourself, that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days.

thou 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.

8 “ When you build a new house, then you shall make a parapet for your roof, that you may not bring guilt of bloodshed on your household if anyone falls from it.

When 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.

9 “ You shall not sow your vineyard with different kinds of seed, lest the yield of the seed which you have sown and the fruit of your vineyard be defiled.

Thou 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.

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

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

11 “ You shall not wear a garment of different sorts, such as wool and linen mixed together.

Thou shalt not wear a garment of mixed material, of wool and linen together.

12 “ You shall make tassels on the four corners of the clothing with which you cover yourself. Laws of Sexual Morality

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

13 “ If any man takes a wife, and goes in to her, and detests her,

If a man take a wife, and go in unto her and hate her,

14 a nd charges her with shameful conduct, and brings a bad name on her, and says, ‘I took this woman, and when I came to her I found she was not a virgin,’

and 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;

15 t hen the father and mother of the young woman shall take and bring out the evidence of the young woman’s virginity to the elders of the city at the gate.

then 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;

16 A nd the young woman’s father shall say to the elders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man as wife, and he detests her.

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

17 N ow he has charged her with shameful conduct, saying, “I found your daughter was not a virgin,” and yet these are the evidences of my daughter’s virginity.’ And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.

and 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.

18 T hen the elders of that city shall take that man and punish him;

And the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him;

19 a nd they shall fine him one hundred shekels of silver and give them to the father of the young woman, because he has brought a bad name on a virgin of Israel. And she shall be his wife; he cannot divorce her all his days.

and 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.

20 “ But if the thing is true, and evidences of virginity are not found for the young woman,

But if this thing is true, virginity hath not been found with the damsel;

21 t hen they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done a disgraceful thing in Israel, to play the harlot in her father’s house. So you shall put away the evil from among you.

then 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.

22 “ If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then both of them shall die—the man that lay with the woman, and the woman; so you shall put away the evil from Israel.

If 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.

23 “ If a young woman who is a virgin is betrothed to a husband, and a man finds her in the city and lies with her,

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

24 t hen you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones, the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he humbled his neighbor’s wife; so you shall put away the evil from among you.

then 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.

25 “ But if a man finds a betrothed young woman in the countryside, and the man forces her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die.

But 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;

26 B ut you shall do nothing to the young woman; there is in the young woman no sin deserving of death, for just as when a man rises against his neighbor and kills him, even so is this matter.

and 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;

27 F or he found her in the countryside, and the betrothed young woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.

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

28 “ If a man finds a young woman who is a virgin, who is not betrothed, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are found out,

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

29 t hen the man who lay with her shall give to the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife because he has humbled her; he shall not be permitted to divorce her all his days.

then 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.

30 “ A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor uncover his father’s bed.

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