Deuteronomy 22

1 If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother.

2 If your brother does not live near you, or if you do not know who he is, you are to take the animal home to remain with you until your brother comes seeking it; then you can return it to him.

3 And you shall do the same for his donkey, his cloak, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. You must not ignore it.

4 If you see your brother’s donkey or ox fallen on the road, you must not ignore it; you must help him lift it up.

5 A woman must not wear men’s clothing, and a man must not wear women’s clothing, for whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD your God.

6 If you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young.

7 You may take the young, but be sure to let the mother go, so that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days.

8 If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.

9 Do not plant your vineyard with two types of seed; if you do, the entire harvest will be defiled—both the crop you plant and the fruit of your vineyard.

10 Do not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together.

11 Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together.

12 You are to make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.

13 Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her,

14 and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.”

15 Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gate

16 and say to the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he has come to hate her.

17 And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.

18 Then the elders of that city shall take the man and punish him.

19 They are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given a virgin of Israel a bad name. And she shall remain his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.

20 If, however, this accusation is true, and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found,

21 she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.

22 If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.

23 If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,

24 you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you must purge the evil from among you.

25 But if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die.

26 Do nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.

27 When he found her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.

28 If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,

29 then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.

30 A man is not to marry his father’s wife, so that he will not dishonor his father’s marriage bed.

1 ¶ 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 again unto thy brother.

2 And if thy brother [be] not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.

3 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.

4 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift [them] up again.

5 ¶ The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so [are] abomination unto the LORD thy God.

6 If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, [whether they be] young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:

7 [But] thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and [that] thou mayest prolong [thy] days.

8 When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.

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

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

11 Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, [as] of woollen and linen together.

12 Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest [thyself].

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

14 And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:

15 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 And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;

17 And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech [against her], saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these [are the tokens of] my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.

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

19 And they shall amerce him in an hundred [shekels] of silver, and give [them] unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.

20 But if this thing be true, [and the tokens of] virginity be not found for the damsel:

21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.

22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, [both] the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.

23 If a damsel [that is] a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;

24 Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, [being] in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.

25 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 But 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 slayeth him, even so [is] this matter:

27 For he found her in the field, [and] the betrothed damsel cried, and [there was] none to save her.

28 If a man find a damsel [that is] a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;

29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty [shekels] 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 discover his father's skirt.

1 When thou seest thy brother's oxen or sheep go astray, thou shalt not depart from them, but shalt bring them again unto thy brother.

2 And if thy brother be not nigh thee, and thou know him not, then thou shalt take them into thine house, and they shall be with thee, until thy brother seek them, and then thou shalt restore them unto him.

3 So shalt thou do with his ass, and with his garment, and with all that is lost, which thy brother hath lost, and thou findest it: thou canst not escape it.

4 If thou seest thy brother's ass or his ox falling by the way, thou shalt not depart from him, but shalt help him up.

5 A woman shall not wear man's apparel, neither shall a man put on woman's apparel: for whosoever doeth these things is an abomination to the LORD thy God.

6 If thou find in the way a bird's nest in a tree, or in the earth, with young, or with eggs, and the mother sit upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the mother with the young,

7 But let the mother fly, and take the young, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest live long.

8 When thou buildest a new house, make an awning for it upon thy roof, lest thou bring blood upon thine house, when any man falleth down.

9 Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds, lest thou sanctify the seed which thou hast sown beside the fruit of the vineyard.

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

11 Thou shalt not put on a garment of wool and linen mingled together.

12 Thou shalt make thee small lappets in the four parts of thy cloak, that thou mayest cover thyself.

13 If a man take a wife, and be sorry for her, when he hath put her to sleep,

14 And he layeth a vile thing upon her, and maketh an evil cry against her, saying, I have taken this woman, and when I went in unto her, I found her not a virgin:

15 Then the damsel's father and her mother shall take her, and bring forth the damsel's maidenhead before the elders of the city at the gate.

16 And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I have given my daughter to this man to wife; now is he grieved against her.

17 And he layeth a shameful thing upon her, saying, I found not thy daughter a virgin: here is my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the garments before the elders of the city.

18 Then the elders of the city shall take the man, and chasten him.

19 And he shall pay an hundred shekels of silver, and shall give them unto the damsel's father, because he hath put a virgin to shame in Israel: and he shall take her to wife, that he may not put her away all the days of his life.

20 But if it be true, that the damsel is not found a virgin,

21 And they shall bring her out unto the door of her father's house, and the men of the city shall stone her to death, because she hath committed folly in Israel, and because she hath entered into her father's house: and thou shalt put away evil from among you.

22 If a man be found sleeping with a woman that hath an husband, they shall both die, the man and the woman with whom he slept: and thou shalt do the evil of Israel.

23 If a damsel be familiar with any man, and a man get her in the city, and sleep with her,

24 Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of the city, and ye shall stone them both to death: the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; the man, because he hath violated his neighbour's wife; and thou shalt put away evil from among you.

25 And if a man get a familiar maid in the field, and take her, and lie with her, then the man that slept with her shall die alone.

26 And thou shalt not hurt the harlot: for she hath done no sin worthy of death: but as a man riseth up against his neighbour, and killeth his soul, so is it.

27 For he found her in the field, and the familiar damsel cried out, and there was none to help her.

28 If a man come unto a virgin that is not trusted, and take her, and sleep with her, and be found so,

29 And he that slept with her shall give unto her father fifty shekels of silver, and shall have her to wife, because he hath made her weak: he cannot leave her all the days of his life.

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