Deuteronomy 22 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Various Statutes

“You shall not see^H7200 your brother’s^H251 ox^H7794 or^H176 his sheep^H7716 straying^H5080 away^H5080 and [fn]ignore^H5956 them; you shall certainly^H7725 bring^H7725 them back^H7725 to your brother^H251.

Deu 22:2

Deu 22:2“And if your brother is not near you, or if you do not know him, then you shall bring it home to your house, and it shall be with you until your brother searches for it; then you shall give it back to him.

Deu 22:3

Deu 22:3“Thus you shall do with his donkey, and you shall do likewise with his garment, and you shall do likewise with anything lost by your brother, which he has lost and you have found. You are not allowed to [fn]ignore them.

Deu 22:4

Deu 22:4“You shall not see your brother’s donkey or his ox fallen down on the way and [fn]ignore them; you shall certainly help him to raise them up.

Deu 22:5

“A woman^H802 shall not wear^H1961 man’s^H1397 clothing^H3627, nor^H3808 shall a man^H1397 put^H3847 on^H3847 a woman’s^H802 clothing^H8071; for whoever^H3605 does^H6213 these^H428 things^H428 is an abomination^H8441 to Yahweh^H3068 your God^H430.

Deu 22:6

“If^H3588 you happen^H7122 to^H7122 come^H7122 upon^H7122 a bird’s^H6833 nest^H7064 along the way^H1870, in any^H3605 tree^H6086 or^H176 on the ground^H776, with young^H667 ones^H667 or^H176 eggs^H1000, and the mother^H517 sitting^H7257 on the young^H667 or^H176 on the eggs^H1000, you shall not take^H3947 the mother^H517 with the young^H1121;

Deu 22:7

Deu 22:7you shall certainly let the mother go, but the young you may take for yourself, in order that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days.

Deu 22:8

“When^H3588 you build^H1129 a new^H2319 house^H1004, you shall make^H6213 a parapet^H4624 for your roof^H1406, so that you will not bring^H7760 bloodguilt^H1818 on your house^H1004 if^H3588 anyone^H5307 falls^H5307 from it.

Deu 22:9

“You shall not sow^H2232 your vineyard^H3754 with two^H3610 kinds^H3610 of seed, lest^H6435 [fn]all^H4395 the produce^H4395 of the seed^H2233 which^H834 you have sown^H2232 and the increase^H8393 of the vineyard^H3754 become^H6942 defiled^H6942.

Deu 22:10

“You shall not plow^H2790 with an ox^H7794 and a donkey^H2543 together^H3162.

Deu 22:11

“You shall not wear^H3847 a material^H8162 mixed^H8162 of wool^H6785 and flax^H6593 together^H3162.

Deu 22:12

“You shall make^H6213 yourself tassels^H1434 on the four^H702 corners^H3671 of your garment^H3682 with which^H834 you cover^H3680 yourself.

Statutes About Sexual Immorality

Deu 22:13

“If^H3588 any^H376 man^H376 takes^H3947 a wife^H802 and goes^H935 in^H935 to her and then [fn]turns^H8130 against^H8130 her,

Deu 22:14

Deu 22:14and charges her with shameful deeds and brings forth against her a bad name and says, ‘I took this woman, but when I came near her, I did not find her a virgin,’

Deu 22:15

Deu 22:15then the girl’s father and her mother shall take and bring out the evidence of the girl’s virginity to the elders of the city at the gate.

Deu 22:16

Deu 22:16“Then the girl’s father shall say to the elders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man as a wife, but he [fn]turned against her;

Deu 22:17

Deu 22:17and behold, he has charged her with shameful deeds, saying, “I did not find your daughter a virgin.” But [fn]this is the evidence of my daughter’s virginity.’ And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.

Deu 22:18

Deu 22:18“So the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him,

Deu 22:19

Deu 22:19and they shall fine him [fn]one hundred shekels of silver and give it to the girl’s father because he brought forth a bad name against a virgin of Israel. And she shall be his wife; he cannot [fn]divorce her all his days.

Deu 22:20

“But if^H518 this^H2088 [fn]charge^H1697 is true^H571, that the girl^H5291 was not found^H4672 a virgin^H1331,

Deu 22:21

Deu 22:21then they shall bring out the girl to the doorway of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her, and she will die because she has committed a disgraceful act in Israel by playing the harlot in her father’s house; thus you shall purge the evil from among you.

Deu 22:22

“If^H3588 a man^H376 is found^H4672 lying^H7901 with a married^H1166^H1167 woman^H802, then both^H1571^H8147 of them shall die^H4191, the man^H376 who lay^H7901 with the woman^H802, and the woman^H802; thus you shall purge^H1197 the evil^H7451 from Israel^H3478.

Deu 22:23

“If^H3588 there is a girl^H5291 who is a virgin^H1330 engaged^H781 to a man^H376, and another man^H376 finds^H4672 her in the city^H5892 and lies^H7901 with her,

Deu 22:24

Deu 22:24then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them, and they will die; the girl, because she did not cry out in the city, and the man, because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. Thus you shall purge the evil from among you.

Deu 22:25

“But if^H518 in the field^H7704 the man^H376 finds^H4672 the girl^H5291 who is engaged^H781, and the man^H376 forces^H2388 her and lies^H7901 with her, then only^H905 the man^H376 who^H834 lies^H7901 with her shall die^H4191.

Deu 22:26

Deu 22:26“But you shall do nothing to the girl; there is no sin in the girl worthy of death, for just as a man rises against his neighbor and murders him, so is this case.

Deu 22:27

Deu 22:27“When he found her in the field, the engaged girl cried out, but there was no one to save her.

Deu 22:28

“If^H3588 a man^H376 finds^H4672 a girl^H5291 who is a virgin^H1330, who^H834 is not engaged^H781, and seizes^H8610 her and lies^H7901 with her and they are found^H4672,

Deu 22:29

Deu 22:29then the man who lay with her shall give to the girl’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall become his wife because he has violated her; he cannot divorce her all his days.

Deu 22:30

“[fn]A man^H376 shall not take^H3947 his father’s^H1 wife^H802 so that he will not uncover^H1540 his father’s^H1 skirt^H3671.