Various Laws 1 Brenton When thou seest the calf of thy brother or his sheep wandering in the way, thou shalt not overlook them; thou shalt by all means turn them back to thy brother, and thou shalt restore them to him. BSB BSB: If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother.
2 Brenton And if thy brother do not come nigh thee, and thou dost not know him, thou shalt bring it into thy house within; and it shall be with thee until thy brother shall seek them, and thou shalt restore them to him. BSB BSB: If your brother does not live near you, or if you do not know who he is, you are to take the animal home to remain with you until your brother comes seeking it; then you can return it to him.
3 Brenton Thus shalt thou do to his ass, and thus shalt thou do to his garment, and thus shalt thou do to every thing that thy brother has lost; whatsoever shall have been lost by him, and thou shalt have found, thou shalt not have power to overlook. BSB BSB: And you shall do the same for his donkey, his cloak, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. You must not ignore it.
4 Brenton Thou shalt not see the ass of thy brother, or his calf, fallen in the way: thou shalt not overlook them, thou shalt surely help him to raise them up. BSB BSB: If you see your brother’s donkey or ox fallen on the road, you must not ignore it; you must help him lift it up.
5 Brenton The apparel of a man shall not be on a woman, neither shall a man put on a woman's dress; for every one that does these things is an abomination to the Lord thy God. BSB BSB: A woman must not wear men’s clothing, and a man must not wear women’s clothing, for whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD your God.
6 Brenton And if thou shouldest come upon a brood of birds before thy face in the way or upon any tree, or upon the earth, young or eggs, and the mother be brooding on the young or the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young ones. BSB BSB: If you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young.
7 Brenton Thou shalt by all means let the mother go, but thou shalt take the young to thyself; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest live long. BSB BSB: You may take the young, but be sure to let the mother go, so that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days.
8 Brenton If thou shouldest build a new house, then shalt thou make a parapet to thy house; so thou shalt not bring blood-guiltiness upon thy house, if one should in any wise fall from it. BSB BSB: If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.
9 Brenton Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with diverse seed, lest the fruit be devoted, and whatsoever seed thou mayest sow, with the fruit of thy vineyard. BSB BSB: Do not plant your vineyard with two types of seed; if you do, the entire harvest will be defiled—both the crop you plant and the fruit of your vineyard.
10 Brenton Thou shalt not plough with an ox and an ass together. BSB BSB: Do not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together.
11 Brenton Thou shalt not wear a mingled garment , woollen and linen together. BSB BSB: Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together.
12 Brenton Thou shalt make fringes on the four borders of thy garments, with which soever thou mayest be clothed. BSB BSB: You are to make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.
Marriage Violations 13 Brenton And if any one should take a wife, and dwell with her, and hate her, BSB BSB: Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her,
14 Brenton and attach to her reproachful words, and bring against her an evil name, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her I found not her tokens of virginity: BSB BSB: and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.”
15 Brenton then the father and the mother of the damsel shall take and bring out the damsel's tokens of virginity to the elders of the city to the gate. BSB BSB: Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gate
16 Brenton And the father of the damsel shall say to the elders, I gave this my daughter to this man for a wife; BSB BSB: and say to the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he has come to hate her.
17 Brenton and now he has hated her, and attaches reproachful words to her, saying, I have not found tokens of virginity with thy daughter; and these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall unfold the garment before the elders of the city. BSB BSB: And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.
18 Brenton And the elders of that city shall take that man, and shall chastise him, BSB BSB: Then the elders of that city shall take the man and punish him.
19 Brenton and shall fine him a hundred shekels, and shall give them to the father of the damsel, because he has brought forth an evil name against a virgin of Israel; and she shall be his wife: he shall never be able to put her away. BSB BSB: They are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given a virgin of Israel a bad name. And she shall remain his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.
20 Brenton But if this report be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel; BSB BSB: If, however, this accusation is true, and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found,
21 Brenton then shall they bring out the damsel to the doors of her father's house, and shall stone her with stones, and she shall die; because she has wrought folly among the children of Israel, to defile the house of her father by whoring: so thou shalt remove the evil one from among you. BSB BSB: she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.
22 Brenton And if a man be found lying with a woman married to a man, ye shall kill them both, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou remove the wicked one out of Israel. BSB BSB: If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.
23 Brenton And if there be a young damsel espoused to a man, and a man should have found her in the city and have lain with her; BSB BSB: If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,
24 Brenton ye shall bring them both out to the gate of their city, and they shall be stoned with stones, and they shall die; the damsel, because she cried not in the city; and the man, because he humbled his neighbour's spouse: so shalt thou remove the evil one from yourselves. BSB BSB: you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you must purge the evil from among you.
25 Brenton But if a man find in the field a damsel that is betrothed, and he should force her and lie with her, ye shall slay the man that lay with her only. BSB BSB: But if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die.
26 Brenton And the damsel has not committed a sin worthy of death; as if a man should rise up against his neighbour, and slay him, so is this thing; BSB BSB: Do nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.
27 Brenton because he found her in the field; the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to help her. BSB BSB: When he found her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.
28 Brenton And if any one should find a young virgin who has not been betrothed, and should force her and lie with her, and be found, BSB BSB: If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,
29 Brenton the man who lay with her shall give to the father of the damsel fifty silver didrachms, and she shall be his wife, because he has humbled her; he shall never be able to put her away. BSB BSB: then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.
30 Brenton A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt. BSB BSB: A man is not to marry his father’s wife, so that he will not dishonor his father’s marriage bed.
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