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Verse 1

Thou shalt not see{H7200} thy brother's{H251} ox{H7794} or his sheep{H7716} go astray,{H5080} and hide{H5956} thyself from them: thou shalt surely{H7725} bring them again{H7725} unto thy brother.{H251}

Verse 2

And if thy brother{H251} be not nigh{H7138} unto thee, or if thou know{H3045} him not, then thou shalt bring{H622} it home to{H8432} thy house,{H1004} and it shall be with thee until thy brother{H251} seek{H1875} after it, and thou shalt restore it to him.{H7725}

Verse 3

And so{H3651} shalt thou do{H6213} with his ass;{H2543} and so shalt thou do{H6213} with his garment;{H8071} and so shalt thou do{H6213} with every lost thing{H9} of thy brother's,{H251} which he hath lost,{H6} and thou hast found:{H4672} thou mayest{H3201} not hide{H5956} thyself.

Verse 4

Thou shalt not see{H7200} thy brother's{H251} ass{H2543} or his ox{H7794} fallen down{H5307} by the way,{H1870} and hide{H5956} thyself from them: thou shalt surely{H6965} help him to lift them up again.{H6965}

Verse 5

A woman{H802} shall not wear that which pertaineth{H3627} unto a man,{H1397} neither shall a man{H1397} put{H3847} on a woman's{H802} garment;{H8071} for whosoever doeth{H6213} these things{H428} is an abomination{H8441} unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God.{H430}

Verse 6

If a bird's{H6833} nest{H7064} chance{H7122} to be before{H6440} thee in the way,{H1870} in any tree{H6086} or on the ground,{H776} with young ones{H667} or eggs,{H1000} and the dam{H517} sitting{H7257} upon the young,{H667} or upon the eggs,{H1000} thou shalt not take{H3947} the dam{H517} with the young:{H1121}

Verse 7

thou shalt surely{H7971} let the dam{H517} go,{H7971} but the young{H1121} thou mayest take{H3947} unto thyself; that it may be well{H3190} with thee, and that thou mayest prolong{H748} thy days.{H3117}

Verse 8

When thou buildest{H1129} a new{H2319} house,{H1004} then thou shalt make{H6213} a battlement{H4624} for thy roof,{H1406} that thou bring{H7760} not blood{H1818} upon thy house,{H1004} if any man{H5307} fall{H5307} from thence.

Verse 9

Thou shalt not sow{H2232} thy vineyard{H3754} with two kinds of seed,{H2233} lest the whole fruit{H4395} be forfeited,{H6942} the seed{H2233} which thou hast sown,{H2232} and the increase{H8393} of the vineyard.{H3754}

Verse 10

Thou shalt not plow{H2790} with an ox{H7794} and an ass{H2543} together.{H3162}

Verse 11

Thou shalt not wear{H3847} a mingled{H8162} stuff, wool{H6785} and linen{H6593} together.{H3162}

Verse 12

Thou shalt make{H6213} thee fringes{H1434} upon the four{H702} borders{H3671} of thy vesture,{H3682} wherewith thou coverest{H3680} thyself.

Verse 13

If any man{H376} take{H3947} a wife,{H802} and go in{H935} unto her, and hate{H8130} her,

Verse 14

and lay{H7760} shameful{H5949} things{H1697} to her charge, and bring up{H3318} an evil{H7451} name{H8034} upon her, and say,{H559} I took{H3947} this woman,{H802} and when I came{H7126} nigh to her, I found{H4672} not in her the tokens of virginity;{H1331}

Verse 15

then shall the father{H1} of the damsel,{H5291} and her mother,{H517} take{H3947} and bring forth{H3318} the tokens of the damsel's{H5291} virginity{H1331} unto the elders{H2205} of the city{H5892} in the gate;{H8179}

Verse 16

and the damsel's{H5291} father{H1} shall say{H559} unto the elders,{H2205} I gave{H5414} my daughter{H1323} unto this man{H376} to wife,{H802} and he hateth{H8130} her;

Verse 17

and, lo, he hath laid{H7760} shameful{H5949} things{H1697} [to her charge], saying,{H559} I found{H4672} not in thy daughter{H1323} the tokens of virginity;{H1331} and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's{H1323} virginity.{H1331} And they shall spread{H6566} the garment{H8071} before{H6440} the elders{H2205} of the city.{H5892}

Verse 18

And the elders{H2205} of that city{H5892} shall take{H3947} the man{H376} and chastise{H3256} him;

Verse 19

and they shall fine{H6064} him a hundred{H3967} [shekels] of silver,{H3701} and give{H5414} them unto the father{H1} of the damsel,{H5291} because he hath brought up{H3318} an evil{H7451} name{H8034} upon a virgin{H1330} of Israel:{H3478} and she shall be his wife;{H802} he may{H3201} not put her away{H7971} all his days.{H3117}

Verse 20

But if this thing{H1697} be true,{H571} that the tokens of virginity{H1331} were not found{H4672} in the damsel;{H5291}

Verse 21

then they shall bring out{H3318} the damsel{H5291} to the door{H6607} of her father's{H1} house,{H1004} and the men{H582} of her city{H5892} shall stone{H5619} her to death{H4191} with stones,{H68} because she hath wrought{H6213} folly{H5039} in Israel,{H3478} to play the harlot{H2181} in her father's{H1} house:{H1004} so shalt thou put{H1197} away{H1197} the evil{H7451} from the midst{H7130} of thee.

Verse 22

If a man{H376} be found{H4672} lying{H7901} with a woman{H802} married{H1166} to a husband,{H1167} then they shall both of them{H8147} die,{H4191} the man{H376} that lay{H7901} with the woman,{H802} and the woman:{H802} so shalt thou put away{H1197} the evil{H7451} from Israel.{H3478}

Verse 23

If there be a damsel{H5291} that is a virgin{H1330} betrothed{H781} unto a husband,{H376} and a man{H376} find{H4672} her in the city,{H5892} and lie{H7901} with her;

Verse 24

then ye shall bring{H3318} them both{H8147} out unto the gate{H8179} of that city,{H5892} and ye shall stone{H5619} them to death{H4191} with stones;{H68} the damsel,{H5291} because{H834} she cried{H6817} not, being in the city;{H5892} and the man,{H376} because{H834} he hath humbled{H6031} his neighbor's{H7453} wife:{H802} so thou shalt put away{H1197} the evil{H7451} from the midst{H7130} of thee.

Verse 25

But if the man{H376} find{H4672} the damsel{H5291} that is betrothed{H781} in the field,{H7704} and the man{H376} force{H2388} her, and lie{H7901} with her; then the man{H376} only that lay{H7901} with her shall die:{H4191}

Verse 26

but unto the damsel{H5291} thou shalt do{H6213} nothing;{H1697} there is in the damsel{H5291} no sin{H2399} worthy of death:{H4194} for as when a man{H376} riseth{H6965} against his neighbor,{H7453} and slayeth{H7523} him, even so is this matter;{H1697}

Verse 27

for he found{H4672} her in the field,{H7704} the betrothed{H781} damsel{H5291} cried,{H6817} and there was none to save{H3467} her.

Verse 28

If a man{H376} find{H4672} a damsel{H5291} that is a virgin,{H1330} that is not betrothed,{H781} and lay hold{H8610} on her, and lie{H7901} with her, and they be found;{H4672}

Verse 29

then the man{H376} that lay{H7901} with her shall give{H5414} unto the damsel's{H5291} father{H1} fifty{H2572} [shekels] of silver,{H3701} and she shall be his wife,{H802} because he hath humbled{H6031} her; he may{H3201} not put her away{H7971} all his days.{H3117}

Verse 30

A man{H376} shall not take{H3947} his father's{H1} wife,{H802} and shall not uncover{H1540} his father's{H1} skirt.{H3671}

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