1 “ If you see your brother’s bull or sheep walking away, do not pretend that you do not see them. Be sure to return them to your 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 I f your brother is not home, or if you do not know who he is, then bring the animal to your house. Keep it there until your brother looks for it. Then return it to 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 D o the same with his donkey, or his coat, or anything lost by your brother. If you find what he has lost, you must help him.

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 I f you see your brother’s donkey or his ox fallen down by the road, do not pretend that you do not see them. Be sure to help him lift them up again.

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 “ A woman must not wear men’s clothing. And a man must not put on women’s clothing. For the Lord your God hates whoever does these things.

“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 “ You might find a bird’s nest by the road, in a tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs. If you find the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, do not take the mother 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 B e sure to let the mother go. But you may take the young for yourself. Then it will go well with you, and you will live long.

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 “ When you build a new house, you should put a short wall around your roof. Then no one will fall from it and bring the guilt of blood upon your house.

“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 “ Do not plant among your vines another kind of seed. All that grows from what you have planted will be unclean.

“ 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 D o not plow with a bull and a donkey together.

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

11 D o not wear clothing made of both wool and linen together.

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

12 “ Make tassels to put on the four corners of the clothing you use to cover yourself. Law of Those Who Are Not Faithful in Marriage

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

13 “ If a man takes a wife and goes in to her and decides he does not like her,

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

14 a nd says that she did sinful acts and puts her to shame before others and says, ‘I took this woman, but when I came near her, I found that she had been with another man,’

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 the girl’s father and mother should bring what is needed to prove she has not been with another man to the leaders of the city at 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 T he girl’s father will say to the leaders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man for a wife. But he turned against 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 H e said she has done sinful acts, saying, “I found that your daughter has been with another man.” But I brought what will prove that my daughter has not been with another man.’ And they will spread the clothing in front of the leaders 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 T hen the leaders of that city will take the man and punish him.

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

19 T hey will make him pay a hundred pieces of silver and give it to the girl’s father, because he has put to shame the name of an Israelite girl who has not had a man. She will still be his wife. He cannot divorce her as long as he lives.

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 it is true that the girl was found to have had another man,

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

21 t hen they will bring the girl to the door of her father’s house. There the men of her city will kill her with stones, because she has done a foolish act in Israel by acting in her father’s house like a woman who sells the use of her body. So you will get rid of the sin from among you.

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 “ If a man is found lying with a married woman, then both of them must die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman. So you will get rid of the sin 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 “ If a girl who has never had a man is promised in marriage to a man, another man might 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 you must bring them both to the gate of that city and kill them with stones. Put the girl to death because she did not cry for help in the city, and the man because he has sinned against his neighbor’s wife. So you will get rid of the sin from among you.

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 the man finds a girl in the field who is promised in marriage, and makes her lie with him, then only the man who lies with her will 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 D o nothing to the girl. There is no sin in the girl bad enough for her to be put to death. It is as if a man goes against his neighbor and kills him.

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 W hen he found her in the field, the girl promised in marriage cried out. But 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 “ If a man finds a girl who has never had a man and is not promised in marriage, and takes her and lies with her, and they are 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 who lay with her must give fifty pieces of silver to the girl’s father. And she will become his wife, because he has put her to shame. He cannot divorce her as long as he lives.

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 must not take his father’s wife. He must not take the clothes off the woman who belongs to his father.

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