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Open English Translation DEU Chapter 22

DEU 22 ©

Readers’ Version

Literal Version

22If 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] 2However, 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. 3Similarly if it’s a donkey or clothing or anything else that someone’s lost, don’t pretend that you never saw it.

4If 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.

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

6If 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. 7You 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.

8When 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.

9Don’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]

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

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

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

22not you_will_see DOM the_ox_of your(ms)_brother/kindred or DOM sheep_of_his going_astray and_ignore from_them certainly_(return) take_back_them to_brother_of_your.
2And_if not is_near your(ms)_brother/kindred to_you and_not know_he and_bring_it into the_middle_of house_of_your and_it_was with_you until seeks your(ms)_brother/kindred DOM_him/it and_return_it to_him/it.
3And_thus/so/as_follows you_will_do with_donkey_of_his and_thus/so/as_follows you_will_do with_garment_of_his and_thus/so/as_follows you_will_do to/from_all/each/any/every (the)_thing_lost_of your(ms)_brother/kindred which it_will_be_lost from_him/it and_find_it not you_will_be_able to_ignore.
4not you_will_see DOM the_donkey_of your(ms)_brother/kindred or ox_of_his falling in/on/at/with_road and_ignore from_them certainly_(raise) you_will_raise_it_up with_him/it.
5not it_will_be the_garment[s]_of a_man on a_woman and_not a_man he_will_wear the_clothing_of a_woman if/because is_(the)_abomination_of YHWH god_of_your every_of one_who_does_of (of)_these_things.
6if/because a_nest_of it_will_be_met a_bird to_your_face in/on/at/with_road in_all tree or on the_earth/land young_ones or eggs and_the_mother is_lying on the_young or on the_eggs not you_will_take the_mother with the_young.
7Certainly_(let_go) you_will_let_go DOM the_mother and_DOM the_young you_will_take to/for_you(fs) so_that it_may_go_well to/for_you(fs) and_prolong days.
8if/because you_will_build a_house new and_make a_parapet for_roof_your and_not you_will_put blood(s) in/on/at/with_house_of_your if/because he_will_fall the_one_falling from_it.
9not you_will_sow vineyard_of_your two_kinds lest it_should_be_set_apart the_harvest the_crop which you_will_sow and_yield_of the_vineyard.
10not you_will_plow in/on/at/with_ox and_in/on/at/with_donkey together.
11not you_will_wear mixed_stuff wool and_linen together.
12tassels you_will_make for_yourself on the_four the_corners_of cloak_of_your which you_will_cover in/on/at/with_her.

13If a man takes a wife and sleeps with her, then hates her 14and accuses her of shameful things, destroying her reputation and claiming that she hadn’t been a virgin, 15then the young woman’s parents must show the evidence of her virginity[fn] to the elders at the city gate. 16The young woman’s father must tell the elders how he gave his daughter to the man as a wife, but now he’s rejected her 17and made shameful accusations about her not being a virgin. Then the parents must spread out that cloth and show it to the city elders. 18Then the city elders must punish that man 19and fine him a hundred silver coins to be paid to the young woman’s father for defaming an Israeli virgin. Then she’ll remain as his wife and he’ll be prohibited from ever divorcing her.

20However, if the accusation was true and the young woman hadn’t been a virgin, 21then they must take her to the doorway of her father’s house. Then the men from that city must execute her by throwing rocks at her, because she’s done a disgraceful thing in Yisrael—committing fornication while she still lived in her father’s house. That’s how you’ll remove evil from your country.

22If a man is discovered sleeping with another man’s wife, then both of them must be executed. That’s how you’ll remove evil from Yisrael.

23If a young woman is engaged to a man, and another man sleeps with her, 24then you must execute both of them at the city gate by throwing rocks at them—the young woman because she didn’t scream, and the man for defiling another man’s fiancée.

25If the man found the young woman out in the countryside and overpowers her and rapes her, then the man must be executed 26but don’t do anything to that woman because she’s not worthy of death. (This is similar to the case of a man murdering another man out in the countryside.) 27When that man found her out in the countryside, then she would have cried out for help, but no one was there to save her.

28If a man overpowers a young woman who’s not engaged, and rapes her, and it’s discovered,[ref] 29that man must pay her father fifty silver coins, and she’ll become his wife because he’s violated her. He’ll then be prohibited from ever divorcing her.

30A man must never sleep with any of his father’s wives because that would expose his father’s nakedness.[ref]


22:9 Or possibly, become sacred.

22:15 Presumably, the blood-stained sheet.


13if/because a_man he_will_take a_wife and_goes_in to_her/it and_dislikes_her.
14And_makes_up_charges to/for_her/it deeds_of messages and_gives on/upon_it(f) a_name bad and_saying(ms) DOM the_woman the_this I_took and_came_near to_her/it and_not I_found to/for_her/it virginiti(es).
15And_ the_father_of _he/it_will_take the_young_woman[fn] and_mother_of_her and_bring_out DOM the_virginiti(es)_of the_young_woman’s[fn] to the_elders_of the_city the_gate_at.
16And_ the_father_of _saying(ms) the_young_woman[fn][fn][fn][fn] to the_elders DOM daughter_of_my I_gave to_the_man the_this to/for_(a)_woman and_dislikes_her.
17And_see/lo/see he he_has_made deeds_of messages to_say not I_found in_daughter_of_your virginiti(es) and_these are_the_virginiti(es)_of daughter’s_of_my and_spread the_cloth to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the_elders_of the_city.
18And_take the_elders_of the_city the_that DOM the_man and_punish DOM_him/it.
19And_fine DOM_him/it a_hundred silver and_give to_father_of the_young_woman’s if/because he_has_sent_forth a_name bad on (the)_virgin_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_to/for_him/it she_will_belong to/for_(a)_woman not he_will_be_able to_divorce_her[fn][fn][fn] all_of his/its_days.
20and_if truth it_was the_charge the_this not they_were_found virginiti(es) for_the_young_woman[fn].
21And_bring_out DOM the_young_woman[fn] to the_entrance_of the_house_of father’s_of_her and_stone_her the_men_of city_of_her in/on/at/with_stones and_death if/because she_has_done a_disgraceful_folly in/on/at/with_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) by_promiscuous the_house_of father’s_of_her and_purge the_evil from_midst_of_you.
22if/because a_man he_will_be_found lying with a_woman married_of a_husband and_die also both_of_them the_man the_lay with the_woman and_the_woman and_purge the_evil from_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel).
23if/because a_young_woman he_will_be[fn] a_virgin betrothed to_man and_finds_her a_man in/on/at/with_town and_lies with_her/it.
24And_bring_out DOM both_of_them to the_gate_of the_city the_that and_stone DOM_them in/on/at/with_stones and_death DOM the_young_woman[fn] on the_thing_of (of)_that not she_cried_for_help in/on/at/with_town and_DOM the_man on the_thing_of (of)_that he_has_humiliated DOM the_wife_of his/its_neighbour and_purge the_evil from_midst_of_you.
25and_if in_the_field he_will_find the_man DOM the_woman[fn] the_engaged and_seizes in/on/at/with_her the_man and_lies with_her/it and_die the_man who he_lay with_her/it for_him/it_being_alone.
26And_to_the_young_woman[fn][fn][fn] not you_will_do anything there_belongs_not against_the_young_woman[fn] sin_of death if/because just_as he_will_arise someone on his/its_neighbour and_he_murders_him life is_so the_case the_this.
27If/because in/on/at/with_field found_her she_cried_for_help the_woman[fn] the_engaged and_there_was_no a_deliverer to/for_her/it.
28if/because he_will_find a_man a_young_woman[fn] a_virgin who not she_is_betrothed and_seizes_her and_lies with_her/it and_discovered.
29And_he/it_gave the_man the_lay with_her/it to_father_of the_young_woman’s[fn] fifty silver and_to/for_him/it she_will_belong to/for_(a)_woman because that violated_her not he_will_be_able divorce_her[fn][fn][fn] all_of his/its_days.

22:15 OSHB variant note: ה/נער: (x-qere) ’הַֽ/נַּעֲרָ֖ה’: lemma_d/5291 n_1.0 morph_HTd/Ncfsa id_05jCu הַֽ/נַּעֲרָ֖ה

22:15 OSHB variant note: ה/נער: (x-qere) ’הַֽ/נַּעֲרָ֛ה’: lemma_d/5291 n_0.0.0 morph_HTd/Ncfsa id_05U11 הַֽ/נַּעֲרָ֛ה

22:16 OSHB variant note: ה/נער: (x-qere) ’הַֽ/נַּעַרָ֖ה’: lemma_d/5291 n_1.0 morph_HTd/Ncfsa id_05DcB הַֽ/נַּעַרָ֖ה

22:16 OSHB note: Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.

22:16 OSHB note: Marks an anomalous form.

22:16 OSHB note: We read one or more vowels in L differently from BHS.

22:19 OSHB note: Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.

22:19 OSHB note: Marks an anomalous form.

22:19 OSHB note: We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.

22:20 OSHB variant note: ל/נער: (x-qere) ’לַֽ/נַּעֲרָֽה’: lemma_l/5291 n_0 morph_HRd/Ncfsa id_05nD3 לַֽ/נַּעֲרָֽה

22:21 OSHB variant note: ה/נער: (x-qere) ’הַֽ/נַּעֲרָ֜ה’: lemma_d/5291 n_1.2.1.0 morph_HTd/Ncfsa id_05BCo הַֽ/נַּעֲרָ֜ה

22:23 OSHB variant note: נער: (x-qere) ’נַעֲרָ֣ה’: lemma_5291 morph_HNcfsa id_05138 נַעֲרָ֣ה

22:24 OSHB variant note: ה/נער: (x-qere) ’הַֽ/נַּעֲרָ֗ה’: lemma_d/5291 n_1.2.1 morph_HTd/Ncfsa id_05P19 הַֽ/נַּעֲרָ֗ה

22:25 OSHB variant note: ה/נער: (x-qere) ’הַֽ/נַּעֲרָה֙’: lemma_d/5291 n_1.1.0 morph_HTd/Ncfsa id_05oHD הַֽ/נַּעֲרָה֙

22:26 OSHB variant note: ו/ל/נער: (x-qere) ’וְ/לַֽ/נַּעֲרָה֙’: lemma_c/l/5291 n_1.1.0 morph_HC/Rd/Ncfsa id_05KPR וְ/לַֽ/נַּעֲרָה֙

22:26 OSHB note: Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.

22:26 OSHB note: We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.

22:26 OSHB variant note: ל/נער: (x-qere) ’לַֽ/נַּעֲרָ֖ה’: lemma_l/5291 n_1.0 morph_HRd/Ncfsa id_051j8 לַֽ/נַּעֲרָ֖ה

22:27 OSHB variant note: ה/נער: (x-qere) ’הַֽ/נַּעֲרָה֙’: lemma_d/5291 n_0.1.0 morph_HTd/Ncfsa id_053Hq הַֽ/נַּעֲרָה֙

22:28 OSHB variant note: נער: (x-qere) ’נַעֲרָ֤ה’: lemma_5291 morph_HNcfsa id_05tB6 נַעֲרָ֤ה

22:29 OSHB variant note: ה/נער: (x-qere) ’הַֽ/נַּעֲרָ֖ה’: lemma_d/5291 n_1.0 morph_HTd/Ncfsa id_05FRd הַֽ/נַּעֲרָ֖ה

22:29 OSHB note: Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.

22:29 OSHB note: Marks an anomalous form.

22:29 OSHB note: We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.

DEU 22 ©

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