Deuteronomy 22
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.