22 If someone has committed a crime worthy of death, and that person is executed and you hang their body on a tree, 23 then the corpse mustn’t remain overnight on the tree—it must be buried that same day, because anyone who’s hanged is cursed by God[ref] and you mustn’t defile your country that your god Yahweh is about to give you as an inheritance.

22 If you see someone else’s cow or sheep that has strayed away, don’t act as though you didn’t see it. Take it back to its owner.[ref] 2 However, if the owner doesn’t live near you, or if you don’t know who it is, then take the animal to your house. It can stay with you until the owner comes looking for it, then you must give it to them. 3 Similarly if it’s a donkey or clothing or anything else that someone’s lost, don’t pretend that you never saw it.

4 If you see someone else’s donkey or cow that’s fallen beside the road, don’t act as though you didn’t see it. You must try to help the owner to get the animal up.

5 Women mustn’t wear men’s clothes, and men mustn’t wear women’s clothes. Your god Yahweh hates people who do things like that.

6 If you happen to find a bird’s nest in a tree or on the ground, and the mother bird is sitting in the nest on its eggs or with the baby birds, don’t take both the mother bird and the babies. 7 You may take the eggs or the baby birds, but you must allow the mother bird to fly away. Do that so that things will go well for you and so that you’ll live in the land for a long time.

8 When you build a new house, be sure to include a railing around your flat roof, so you won’t be guilty of having caused someone’s death if a person falls off it and dies.

9 Don’t plant a crop in your vineyard, because then the harvest of the crop and the fruit from the vineyard will both be defiled.[fn][ref]

10 Don’t plough with a cow and a donkey harnessed together.

11 Don’t wear clothes with a mix of wool and linen.

12 Twist threads together to make tassels and sew them onto the four corners of your cloak.[ref]