Deuteronomy 22Deuteronomy22

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1. Various Laws

2. 1KJVThou 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.BSBBSB: If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother.
3. 2KJVAnd 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.BSBBSB: 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.
4. 3KJVIn 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.BSBBSB: 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.
5. 4KJVThou 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.BSBBSB: 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.
6. 5KJVThe 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.BSBBSB: 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.
7. 6KJVIf 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:BSBBSB: 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.
8. 7KJVBut 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.BSBBSB: 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.
9. 8KJVWhen 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.BSBBSB: 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.
10. 9KJVThou 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.BSBBSB: 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.
11. 10KJVThou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.BSBBSB: Do not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together.
12. 11KJVThou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.BSBBSB: Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together.
13. 12KJVThou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.BSBBSB: You are to make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.

14. Marriage Violations

15. 13KJVIf any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,BSBBSB: Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her,
16. 14KJVAnd 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:BSBBSB: 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.”
17. 15KJVThen 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:BSBBSB: Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gate
18. 16KJVAnd the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;BSBBSB: and say to the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he has come to hate her.
19. 17KJVAnd, 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.BSBBSB: 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.
20. 18KJVAnd the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;BSBBSB: Then the elders of that city shall take the man and punish him.
21. 19KJVAnd 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.BSBBSB: 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.
22. 20KJVBut if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:BSBBSB: If, however, this accusation is true, and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found,
23. 21KJVThen 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.BSBBSB: 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.
24. 22KJVIf 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.BSBBSB: 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.
25. 23KJVIf a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;BSBBSB: If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,
26. 24KJVThen 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.BSBBSB: 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.
27. 25KJVBut 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:BSBBSB: 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.
28. 26KJVBut 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:BSBBSB: 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.
29. 27KJVFor he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.BSBBSB: When he found her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.
30. 28KJVIf 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;BSBBSB: If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,
31. 29KJVThen 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.BSBBSB: 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.
32. 30KJVA man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.BSBBSB: A man is not to marry his father’s wife, so that he will not dishonor his father’s marriage bed.