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Deuteronomy 22

When you see your brother's ox or sheep going astray, do not hide yourself from them. You'll surely bring them back to your brother. If your brother isn't close by, or if you don't know him, then you'll bring it to your own house and it'll stay with you till your brother comes looking for it. Then you'll give it back to him. Do the same w

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Don't hide yourself

When you see your brother's ox or sheep going astray, do not hide yourself from them. You'll surely bring them back to your brother. If your brother isn't close by, or if you don't know him, then you'll bring it to your own house and it'll stay with you till your brother comes looking for it. Then you'll give it back to him. Do the same with his donkey, his clothing, and anything your brother has lost that you find. You may not hide yourself from it. When you see your brother's donkey or ox fallen down by the way, do not hide yourself from them. You'll surely help him lift them up again. A woman won't wear that which pertains to a man, neither will a man put on a woman's garment, because all who do so are disgusting to the Lord your God. If you come across a bird's nest on the road, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs — don't take the mother with the young. You'll surely let the mother go, and take the young for yourself, so things may go well with you and you may prolong your days. When you build a new house, make a battlement for your roof, so you do not bring blood upon your house if anyone falls from it. Don't sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed, or the whole crop will be forfeit — the seed you've sown and the fruit of your vineyard. Don't plough with an ox and a donkey together. Don't wear cloth of mixed kinds, wool and linen together. Make fringes on the four quarters of the garment you cover yourself with.

When you see your brother's ox or his sheep wandering off, don't hide yourself from them. You'll bring them back to your brother for sure. And if your brother isn't close by, or if you don't know him, then you'll bring it to your own house and it'll stay with you till your brother comes looking for it. Then you'll give it back to him. You'll do the same with his donkey, and the same with his clothes, and the same with anything your brother has lost that he's lost and you've found. You can't hide yourself. When you see your brother's donkey or his ox fallen down on the road, don't hide yourself from them. You'll help him lift them up for sure. A woman won't wear what belongs to a man, and a man won't put on a woman's clothes. Because everyone who does that is disgusting to the Lord your God. If you come across a bird's nest on the road, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs — don't take the mother with the young. You'll let the mother go for sure and take the young for yourself, so it goes well for you and you make your days long. When you build a new house, make a fence for your roof, so you don't bring blood on your house if anyone falls off it. Don't sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed, or the whole crop will be forfeit — the seed you've sown and the fruit of your vineyard. Don't plough with an ox and a donkey together. Don't wear cloth of mixed kinds, wool and linen together. Make yourself tassels on the four corners of the cloak you cover yourself with.

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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: 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. 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. 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. Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together. Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together. Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.

1

When you see your brother's ox or sheep going astray, do not hide yourself from them. You'll surely bring them back to your brother.

Plain English

When you see your brother's ox or his sheep wandering off, don't hide yourself from them. You'll bring them back to your brother for sure.

King James Version, 1611

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

If your brother isn't close by, or if you don't know him, then you'll bring it to your own house and it'll stay with you till your brother comes looking for it. Then you'll give it back to him.

Plain English

And if your brother isn't close by, or if you don't know him, then you'll bring it to your own house and it'll stay with you till your brother comes looking for it. Then you'll give it back to him.

King James Version, 1611

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

Do the same with his donkey, his clothing, and anything your brother has lost that you find. You may not hide yourself from it.

Plain English

You'll do the same with his donkey, and the same with his clothes, and the same with anything your brother has lost that he's lost and you've found. You can't hide yourself.

King James Version, 1611

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

When you see your brother's donkey or ox fallen down by the way, do not hide yourself from them. You'll surely help him lift them up again.

Plain English

When you see your brother's donkey or his ox fallen down on the road, don't hide yourself from them. You'll help him lift them up for sure.

King James Version, 1611

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

A woman won't wear that which pertains to a man, neither will a man put on a woman's garment, because all who do so are disgusting to the Lord your God.

Plain English

A woman won't wear what belongs to a man, and a man won't put on a woman's clothes. Because everyone who does that is disgusting to the Lord your God.

King James Version, 1611

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 you come across a bird's nest on the road, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs — don't take the mother with the young.

King James Version, 1611

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:

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You'll surely let the mother go, and take the young for yourself, so things may go well with you and you may prolong your days.

Plain English

You'll let the mother go for sure and take the young for yourself, so it goes well for you and you make your days long.

King James Version, 1611

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 you build a new house, make a battlement for your roof, so you do not bring blood upon your house if anyone falls from it.

Plain English

When you build a new house, make a fence for your roof, so you don't bring blood on your house if anyone falls off it.

King James Version, 1611

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

Don't sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed, or the whole crop will be forfeit — the seed you've sown and the fruit of your vineyard.

King James Version, 1611

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

Don't plough with an ox and a donkey together.

King James Version, 1611

Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.

11

Don't wear cloth of mixed kinds, wool and linen together.

King James Version, 1611

Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.

12

Make fringes on the four quarters of the garment you cover yourself with.

Plain English

Make yourself tassels on the four corners of the cloak you cover yourself with.

King James Version, 1611

Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.

Cases of marriage

If a man takes a wife and goes in to her and then hates her, And lays shameful charges against her and gives her a bad name, saying, I took this woman and when I came to her I didn't find her a virgin — Then the father of the young woman and her mother will take the proofs of her being a virgin and bring them out to the elders of the city at the gate. And the young woman's father will say to the elders: I gave my daughter to this man for a wife, and he hates her. And look — he's laid shameful charges, saying, I didn't find your daughter a virgin. And here are the proofs of my daughter being a virgin. And they'll spread the cloth out before the elders of the city. The elders of that city will take that man and punish him. They'll fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman's father, because he has brought an evil name upon a virgin of Israel. She'll be his wife, and he may not put her away all his days. But if this thing is true and the young woman wasn't found a virgin — Then they'll bring the young woman to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city will stone her until she dies, because she has done a disgraceful thing in Israel by being sexually immoral in her father's house. So you'll put the evil away from among you. If a man is found sleeping with a woman married to a husband, then both of them will die — the man who slept with the woman and the woman. So you'll put away evil from Israel. If a young woman who is a virgin is promised in marriage to a man, and another man finds her in the city and sleeps with her, then bring them both out to the gate of that city and stone them with stones until they die — the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he humbled his neighbour's wife. So you'll put the evil away from among you. But if a man finds a young woman promised in marriage in the field and forces her and sleeps with her, then only the man who slept with her will die. Do nothing to the young woman. There is no sin in her worthy of death. This is like a man rising against his neighbour and killing him. Because he found her in the field, and the promised young woman cried out and there was nobody to save her. If a man finds a young woman who is a virgin and not promised in marriage, lays hold on her and sleeps with her, and they are found, then the man who slept with her will give the young woman's father fifty shekels of silver, and she'll be his wife because he has humbled her. He may not put her away all his days. A man won't take his father's wife or uncover his father's covering.

If a man takes a wife and goes in to her and then hates her, and lays shameful charges against her and gives her a bad name, saying, I took this woman and when I came to her I didn't find her a virgin — then the father of the young woman and her mother will take the proofs of her being a virgin and bring them out to the elders of the town at the gate. And the young woman's father will say to the elders: I gave my daughter to this man for a wife, and he hates her. And look — he's laid shameful charges, saying, I didn't find your daughter a virgin. And here are the proofs of my daughter being a virgin. And they'll spread the cloth out in front of the elders of the town. And the elders of that town will take that man and set him straight. And they'll fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman's father, because he's given a bad name to a virgin of Israel. And she'll be his wife. He can't send her away all his days. But if this thing is true and the young woman wasn't found a virgin — then they'll bring the young woman out to the door of her father's house, and the men of her town will stone her with stones till she dies. Because she's done a stupid thing in Israel by playing the whore in her father's house. That's how you'll clear the evil out from among you. If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then both of them will die — the man who lay with the woman, and the woman. That's how you'll clear the evil out of Israel. If a young woman who's a virgin is promised to a husband, and a man finds her in the town and lies with her — then you'll bring both of them out to the gate of that town and stone them with stones till they die — the young woman because she didn't cry out in the town, and the man because he brought his neighbour's wife low. That's how you'll clear the evil out from among you. But if a man finds the promised young woman in the field and takes hold of her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her will die. But you won't do anything to the young woman. There's no sin in her that's owed death. Because it's like when a man gets up against his neighbour and kills him — that's what this is like. Because he found her in the field, and the promised young woman cried out and there was nobody to save her. If a man finds a young woman who's a virgin and isn't promised, and takes hold of her and lies with her, and they're found — then the man who lay with her will give the young woman's father fifty shekels of silver, and she'll be his wife because he's brought her low. He can't send her away all his days. A man won't take his father's wife or uncover his father's covering.

If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, 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: 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: And the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her; 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. And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him; 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. But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel: 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. 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. If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; 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. 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: 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: For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her. 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; 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. A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.

13

If a man takes a wife and goes in to her and then hates her,

King James Version, 1611

If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,

14

And lays shameful charges against her and gives her a bad name, saying, I took this woman and when I came to her I didn't find her a virgin —

Plain English

and lays shameful charges against her and gives her a bad name, saying, I took this woman and when I came to her I didn't find her a virgin —

King James Version, 1611

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 the father of the young woman and her mother will take the proofs of her being a virgin and bring them out to the elders of the city at the gate.

Plain English

then the father of the young woman and her mother will take the proofs of her being a virgin and bring them out to the elders of the town at the gate.

King James Version, 1611

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 young woman's father will say to the elders: I gave my daughter to this man for a wife, and he hates her.

King James Version, 1611

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 look — he's laid shameful charges, saying, I didn't find your daughter a virgin. And here are the proofs of my daughter being a virgin. And they'll spread the cloth out before the elders of the city.

Plain English

And look — he's laid shameful charges, saying, I didn't find your daughter a virgin. And here are the proofs of my daughter being a virgin. And they'll spread the cloth out in front of the elders of the town.

King James Version, 1611

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

The elders of that city will take that man and punish him.

Plain English

And the elders of that town will take that man and set him straight.

King James Version, 1611

And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;

19

They'll fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman's father, because he has brought an evil name upon a virgin of Israel. She'll be his wife, and he may not put her away all his days.

Plain English

And they'll fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman's father, because he's given a bad name to a virgin of Israel. And she'll be his wife. He can't send her away all his days.

King James Version, 1611

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 is true and the young woman wasn't found a virgin —

King James Version, 1611

But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:

21

Then they'll bring the young woman to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city will stone her until she dies, because she has done a disgraceful thing in Israel by being sexually immoral in her father's house. So you'll put the evil away from among you.

Plain English

then they'll bring the young woman out to the door of her father's house, and the men of her town will stone her with stones till she dies. Because she's done a stupid thing in Israel by playing the whore in her father's house. That's how you'll clear the evil out from among you.

King James Version, 1611

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 is found sleeping with a woman married to a husband, then both of them will die — the man who slept with the woman and the woman. So you'll put away evil from Israel.

Plain English

If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then both of them will die — the man who lay with the woman, and the woman. That's how you'll clear the evil out of Israel.

King James Version, 1611

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 young woman who is a virgin is promised in marriage to a man, and another man finds her in the city and sleeps with her,

Plain English

If a young woman who's a virgin is promised to a husband, and a man finds her in the town and lies with her —

King James Version, 1611

If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;

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then bring them both out to the gate of that city and stone them with stones until they die — the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he humbled his neighbour's wife. So you'll put the evil away from among you.

Plain English

then you'll bring both of them out to the gate of that town and stone them with stones till they die — the young woman because she didn't cry out in the town, and the man because he brought his neighbour's wife low. That's how you'll clear the evil out from among you.

King James Version, 1611

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 finds a young woman promised in marriage in the field and forces her and sleeps with her, then only the man who slept with her will die.

Plain English

But if a man finds the promised young woman in the field and takes hold of her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her will die.

King James Version, 1611

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

Do nothing to the young woman. There is no sin in her worthy of death. This is like a man rising against his neighbour and killing him.

Plain English

But you won't do anything to the young woman. There's no sin in her that's owed death. Because it's like when a man gets up against his neighbour and kills him — that's what this is like.

King James Version, 1611

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

Because he found her in the field, and the promised young woman cried out and there was nobody to save her.

King James Version, 1611

For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.

28

If a man finds a young woman who is a virgin and not promised in marriage, lays hold on her and sleeps with her, and they are found,

Plain English

If a man finds a young woman who's a virgin and isn't promised, and takes hold of her and lies with her, and they're found —

King James Version, 1611

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 who slept with her will give the young woman's father fifty shekels of silver, and she'll be his wife because he has humbled her. He may not put her away all his days.

Plain English

then the man who lay with her will give the young woman's father fifty shekels of silver, and she'll be his wife because he's brought her low. He can't send her away all his days.

King James Version, 1611

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 won't take his father's wife or uncover his father's covering.

King James Version, 1611

A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.