Deuteronomy 22

1 “When you see the ox or sheep of your fellow countryman ^{a22:1 Lit. brother’s and so throughout the chapter} straying, don’t go away and leave them. Instead, be sure to return them to him. ^{b22:1 Lit. brother and so throughout the chapter}ISV — Deuteronomy 22:1

2 If your fellow countryman doesn’t live near you or you don’t know who he is, bring the animal ^{c22:2 Lit. bring it} to your house and let it remain with you until he ^{d22:2 Lit. brother} claims it. Then return it to him.ISV — Deuteronomy 22:2

3 Do the same for his donkey, his garment, and for anything lost that belongs to your fellow countryman. When you find it, you must not ignore it.ISV — Deuteronomy 22:3

4 When you see the donkey or the ox of your fellow countryman fallen on the road, don’t ignore them. Instead be sure to help them get up.”ISV — Deuteronomy 22:4

5 “A woman must not wear what is appropriate to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman’s garment, because anyone who does this is detestable to the LORD your God.ISV — Deuteronomy 22:5

6 “When you encounter a bird’s nest along the road, whether in a tree or on the ground, and the mother bird is sitting on its chicks ^{e22:6 Lit. on the young} or eggs, don’t take the mother along with its young. ^{f22:6 Lit. sons}ISV — Deuteronomy 22:6

7 You may take the young but be sure to release the mother, so that life will go well for you and that you may have a long life.ISV — Deuteronomy 22:7

8 “When you build a new house, install a parapet along your roof so that if someone falls from the roof, you won’t bring guilt of bloodshed on your house.”ISV — Deuteronomy 22:8

9 “Don’t plant two kinds of seeds in your vineyard. Otherwise, the entire crop will have to be forfeited, both the seed that you have sown and the produce from it.ISV — Deuteronomy 22:9

10 “Don’t plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together.ISV — Deuteronomy 22:10

11 “Don’t wear material made from wool and linen mixed together.ISV — Deuteronomy 22:11

12 “Sew tassels for yourselves on the four corners of the garment with which you cover yourself.”ISV — Deuteronomy 22:12

13 “Suppose a man marries a wife but after having sexual relations with her, he despises her,ISV — Deuteronomy 22:13

14 invents charges against her, and defames her by saying, ‘I have married this woman, but when I had sexual relations with her I found that she wasn’t a virgin.’ISV — Deuteronomy 22:14

15 Then the father of the young lady, along with her mother, is to bring evidence of the young lady’s virginity to the elders at the gate.ISV — Deuteronomy 22:15

16 The father of the young lady is to then say to the elders: ‘I have given my daughter to this man as a wife, but he despises her.ISV — Deuteronomy 22:16

17 Now look, he has invented charges against her by saying, “I haven’t found your daughter to be a virgin.” But here is the proof of my daughter’s virginity.’ Then they are to spread the cloth before the elders of the city.ISV — Deuteronomy 22:17

18 The elders of that city will then take the man, punish him,ISV — Deuteronomy 22:18

19 fine him 100 shekels of silver, and then give them to the young lady’s father, because he had defamed a virgin of Israel. She is to remain his wife and he can’t divorce her as long as he lives.ISV — Deuteronomy 22:19

20 But if this charge is true, and the evidence of the young lady’s virginity weren’t found,ISV — Deuteronomy 22:20

21 they are to bring her to the door of her father’s house. Then the men of the city are to stone her with boulders until she dies for doing a detestable thing in Israel—acting like a prostitute while in her father’s house. By doing this, you will remove this evil from among you.ISV — Deuteronomy 22:21

22 “If a man is caught having sexual relations with a married woman, then both of them must die—the man who had sex with the woman and the woman herself—so that this evil will be removed from Israel.ISV — Deuteronomy 22:22

23 “If a man meets a young virgin lady engaged to be married in the city and has sexual relations with her,ISV — Deuteronomy 22:23

24 then the two must be brought to the city gate and there they must be stoned to death—the girl because she was in a city but did not cry out for help, and the man who abused a woman who was engaged to another man. By doing this you are to remove this evil from among you.ISV — Deuteronomy 22:24

25 “If a man meets a girl in the country who is engaged to be married and then rapes ^{g22:25 Lit. overwhelms} her, the man alone—the one who had sexual relations with her—must die.ISV — Deuteronomy 22:25

26 As for the young lady, don’t do anything to her. The young lady did nothing worthy of death. This case is similar to when a man attacks his countryman and kills him.ISV — Deuteronomy 22:26

27 Since he found her in the country, the engaged girl may have cried out, but there was no one to rescue her.ISV — Deuteronomy 22:27

28 “However, if a man meets a girl who isn’t engaged to be married, and he seizes her, rapes her, and is later found out,ISV — Deuteronomy 22:28

29 then the man who raped her must give 50 shekels of silver to the girl’s father. Furthermore, he must marry her. Because he had violated her, he is to not divorce her as long as he lives.ISV — Deuteronomy 22:29

30 ^{h22:30 This v. is 23:1 in MT} “A man must not marry his father’s wife, so that he will not dishonor his father’s memory.” ^{i22:30 Lit. wing; or skirt}ISV — Deuteronomy 22:30