Laws concerning everyday life

16 “If a man persuades a girl/woman to have sex with him, a girl/woman who ◄is a virgin/has never had sex with any man► and who is not engaged to be married, he must pay the bride price for her and marry her. 17 But if her father refuses to allow her to marry him, he must pay to the woman’s father the amount of money that is equal to the amount of bride price money that men pay for virgins.

18 You must execute any woman who ◄practices sorcery/is a shaman►.

19 You must execute any person who has sex with an animal.

20 You must offer sacrifices only to Yahweh. You must execute anyone who offers a sacrifice to any other god.

21 You must not mistreat a foreigner who comes to live among you. Do not forget that you were previously foreigners in Egypt.

22 You must not mistreat any widow or any orphan. 23 If you mistreat them and they cry out to me for help, I will hear them. 24 And I will be angry with you, and I will cause you to be killed in a war [MTY]. Your wives will become widows, and your children will no longer have fathers.

25 If you lend money to any of my people who are poor, do not act like a moneylender and require him to pay interest on the money. 26 If he gives you his cloak to guarantee that he will pay the money back, you must give the cloak back to him before the sun goes down, 27 because he needs it to keep him warm during the night. ◄That is the only covering that poor people have when they sleep at night./What else will he cover himself with during the night?► [RHQ] If you do not act mercifully toward him by returning his cloak, when he cries out to me asking for my help, I will help him, because I always act mercifully.

28 Do not ◄revile/speak evil about► me, and do not ◄curse/ask me to do harmful things to► any ruler of your people.

29 ◄Do not withhold from/Give► me the best parts of the grain that you harvest and of the olive oil and the wine that you produce.

30 You must dedicate your firstborn sons to me. Similarly, your firstborn male cattle and sheep belong to me. After those animals are born, allow them to stay with their mothers for seven days. On the eighth day, offer them to me as a sacrifice.

31 You are people who are ◄completely dedicated to/set apart for► me. And I detest the meat of any animal that has been killed by wild animals. Therefore you should not eat such meat. Instead, throw it where the dogs can eat it.”