22.
1 "You
shall not see your brother's ox or his sheep going astray, and hide yourself
from them; you shall certainly bring them back to your brother.
2 "And if
your brother is not near you, or if you do not know him, then you shall bring
it to your own house, and it shall remain with you until your brother seeks it;
then you shall restore it to him.
3 "You
shall do the same with his donkey, and so shall you do with his garment; with
any lost thing of your brother's, which he has lost and you have found, you
shall do likewise; you must not hide yourself.
4 "You shall
not see your brother's donkey or his ox fall down along the road, and hide
yourself from them; you shall surely help him lift them up again.
5 "A woman
shall not wear anything that pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a
woman's garment, for all who do so are an abomination to the LORD your God.
6 "If a
bird's nest happens to be before you along the way, in any tree or on the
ground, with young ones or eggs, with the mother sitting on the young or on the
eggs, you shall not take the mother with the young;
7 "you
shall surely let the mother go, and take the young for yourself, that it may be
well with you and that you may prolong your days.
8 "When
you build a new house, then you shall make a parapet for your roof, that you
may not bring guilt of bloodshed on your household if anyone falls from it.
9 "You
shall not sow your vineyard with different kinds of seed, lest the yield of the
seed which you have sown and the fruit of your vineyard be defiled.
10 "You
shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together.
11 "You
shall not wear a garment of different sorts, such as wool and linen mixed
together.
12 "You
shall make tassels on the four corners of the clothing with which you cover
yourself.
13 "If any
man takes a wife, and goes in to her, and detests her,
14 "and
charges her with shameful conduct, and brings a bad name on her, and says, 'I
took this woman, and when I came to her I found she was not a virgin,'
15 "then
the father and mother of the young woman shall take and bring out the evidence
of the young woman's virginity to the elders of the city at the gate.
16 "And
the young woman's father shall say to the elders, 'I gave my daughter to this
man as wife, and he detests her.
17 'Now he has
charged her with shameful conduct, saying, "I found your daughter was not
a virgin," and yet these are the evidences of my daughter's virginity.'
And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.
18 "Then
the elders of that city shall take that man and punish him;
19 "and
they shall fine him one hundred shekels of silver and give them to the father
of the young woman, because he has brought a bad name on a virgin of Israel.
And she shall be his wife; he cannot divorce her all his days.
20 "But if
the thing is true, and evidences of virginity are not found for the young
woman,
21 "then
they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father's house, and the
men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done a
disgraceful thing in Israel, to play the harlot in her father's house. So you
shall put away the evil from among you.
22 "If a
man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then both of them shall
die--the man that lay with the woman, and the woman; so you shall put away the evil
from Israel.
23 "If a
young woman who is a virgin is betrothed to a husband, and a man finds her in
the city and lies with her,
24 "then
you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone
them to death with stones, the young woman because she did not cry out in the
city, and the man because he humbled his neighbor's wife; so you shall put away
the evil from among you.
25 "But if
a man finds a betrothed young woman in the countryside, and the man forces her
and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die.
26 "But
you shall do nothing to the young woman; there is in the young woman no sin
deserving of death, for just as when a man rises against his neighbor and kills
him, even so is this matter.
27 "For he
found her in the countryside, and the betrothed young woman cried out, but
there was no one to save her.
28 "If a
man finds a young woman who is a virgin, who is not betrothed, and he seizes
her and lies with her, and they are found out,
29 "then
the man who lay with her shall give to the young woman's father fifty shekels
of silver, and she shall be his wife because he has humbled her; he shall not
be permitted to divorce her all his days.
30 "A man
shall not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's bed.
23.
1 "He who
is emasculated by crushing or mutilation shall not enter the assembly of the
LORD.
2 "One of
illegitimate birth shall not enter the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth
generation none of his descendants shall enter the assembly of the LORD.
3 "An
Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth
generation none of his descendants shall enter the assembly of the LORD
forever,
4 "because
they did not meet you with bread and water on the road when you came out of
Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of
Mesopotamia, to curse you.
5
"Nevertheless the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, but the LORD
your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves
you.
6 "You
shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.
7 "You
shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother. You shall not abhor an
Egyptian, because you were an alien in his land.
8 "The
children of the third generation born to them may enter the assembly of the
LORD.
9 "When
the army goes out against your enemies, then keep yourself from every wicked
thing.
10 "If
there is any man among you who becomes unclean by some occurrence in the night,
then he shall go outside the camp; he shall not come inside the camp.
11 "But it
shall be, when evening comes, that he shall wash with water; and when the sun
sets, he may come into the camp.
12 "Also
you shall have a place outside the camp, where you may go out;
13 "and
you shall have an implement among your equipment, and when you sit down
outside, you shall dig with it and turn and cover your refuse.
14 "For
the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and give your
enemies over to you; therefore your camp shall be holy, that He may see no
unclean thing among you, and turn away from you.
15 "You
shall not give back to his master the slave who has escaped from his master to
you.
16 "He may
dwell with you in your midst, in the place which he chooses within one of your
gates, where it seems best to him; you shall not oppress him.
17 "There
shall be no ritual harlot of the daughters of Israel, or a perverted one of the
sons of Israel.
18 "You
shall not bring the wages of a harlot or the price of a dog to the house of the
LORD your God for any vowed offering, for both of these are an abomination to
the LORD your God.
19 "You
shall not charge interest to your brother--interest on money or food or
anything that is lent out at interest.
20 "To a
foreigner you may charge interest, but to your brother you shall not charge
interest, that the LORD your God may bless you in all to which you set your
hand in the land which you are entering to possess.
21 "When
you make a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not delay to pay it; for the
LORD your God will surely require it of you, and it would be sin to you.
22 "But if
you abstain from vowing, it shall not be sin to you.
23 "That
which has gone from your lips you shall keep and perform, for you voluntarily
vowed to the LORD your God what you have promised with your mouth.
24 "When
you come into your neighbor's vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes at your
pleasure, but you shall not put any in your container.
25 "When
you come into your neighbor's standing grain, you may pluck the heads with your
hand, but you shall not use a sickle on your neighbor's standing grain.
24.
1 "When a
man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his
eyes because he has found some uncleanness in her, and he writes her a
certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house,
2 "when
she has departed from his house, and goes and becomes another man's wife,
3 "if the
latter husband detests her and writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in
her hand, and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband dies who
took her as his wife,
4 "then
her former husband who divorced her must not take her back to be his wife after
she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before the LORD, and you shall
not bring sin on the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an
inheritance.
5 "When a
man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war or be charged with any
business; he shall be free at home one year, and bring happiness to his wife
whom he has taken.
6 "No man
shall take the lower or the upper millstone in pledge, for he takes one's
living in pledge.
7 "If a
man is found kidnapping any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and
mistreats him or sells him, then that kidnapper shall die; and you shall put
away the evil from among you.
8 "Take
heed in an outbreak of leprosy, that you carefully observe and do according to
all that the priests, the Levites, shall teach you; just as I commanded them,
so you shall be careful to do.
9
"Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the way when you came
out of Egypt.
10 "When
you lend your brother anything, you shall not go into his house to get his
pledge.
11 "You shall
stand outside, and the man to whom you lend shall bring the pledge out to you.
12 "And if
the man is poor, you shall not keep his pledge overnight.
13 "You
shall in any case return the pledge to him again when the sun goes down, that
he may sleep in his own garment and bless you; and it shall be righteousness to
you before the LORD your God.
14 "You
shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether one of your
brethren or one of the aliens who is in your land within your gates.
15 "Each
day you shall give him his wages, and not let the sun go down on it, for he is
poor and has set his heart on it; lest he cry out against you to the LORD, and
it be sin to you.
16
"Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall the
children be put to death for their fathers; a person shall be put to death for
his own sin.
17 "You
shall not pervert justice due the stranger or the fatherless, nor take a
widow's garment as a pledge.
18 "But
you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and the LORD your God
redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this thing.
19 "When
you reap your harvest in your field, and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall
not go back to get it; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the
widow, that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
20 "When
you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over the boughs again; it shall be
for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.
21 "When
you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it afterward; it
shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.
22 "And
you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command
you to do this thing.