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Then the elders of his city shall send and
fetch him
thence, and deliver him into
the hand of
the avenger of blood, that he may die.
the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to
the avenger of blood to die.
Thine eye shall not
pity him, but thou shalt put away
the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with
thee.
You must show him no
pity. You are to
purge from Israel
the guilt of
shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.
Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s
landmark, which
they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt
inherit in
the land that
the LORD thy God giveth
thee to possess it.
You must not move your
neighbor’s boundary marker, which was set up by your ancestors to mark
the inheritance you shall receive in
the land that
the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
A
lone witness is not sufficient to establish any
wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what
offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by
the testimony of two or three witnesses.
Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time.
And
the judges shall make
diligent inquisition: and, behold, if
the witness be a false witness, and hath
testified falsely against his brother;
The judges shall
investigate thoroughly, and if
the witness is
proven to be a
liar who has falsely accused his brother,
Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.
you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must
purge the evil from among you.
And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.
Then the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything so evil among you.
When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and
chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of
them: for
the LORD thy God is with
thee, which brought
thee up out of
the land of Egypt.
When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses,
chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of
them; for
the LORD your God, who brought you out of
the land of Egypt, is with you.
And it shall be, when ye are come
nigh unto
the battle, that
the priest shall approach and speak unto
the people,
When you are about to go into battle, the priest is to come forward and address the army,
And shall say unto
them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts
faint, fear not, and do not
tremble, neither be ye
terrified because of
them;
saying to
them, “Hear, O Israel,
today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be
fainthearted or afraid; do not be
alarmed or
terrified because of
them.
For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”
And
the officers shall speak unto
the people, saying, What man is
there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in
the battle, and another man
dedicate it.
Furthermore,
the officers are to address
the army, saying, “Has any man built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man
dedicate it.
And what man is he that hath planted a
vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in
the battle, and another man eat of it.
Has any man planted a
vineyard and not begun to enjoy its fruit? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.
And what man is
there that hath
betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in
the battle, and another man take her.
Has any man become
pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man marry her.”
And
the officers shall speak further unto
the people, and
they shall say, What man is
there that is fearful and
fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart
faint as well as his heart.
Then the officers shall speak further to
the army, saying, “Is any man afraid or
fainthearted? Let him return home, so that
the hearts of his brothers will not
melt like his own.”
And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.
When
the officers have finished addressing
the army,
they are to
appoint commanders to lead it.
When thou comest
nigh unto a city to fight against it,
then proclaim peace unto it.
When you approach a city to fight against it, you are to make an offer of peace.
And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.
And if it will make no peace with
thee, but will make war against
thee,
then thou shalt
besiege it:
But if
they refuse to make peace with you and
wage war against you, lay siege to that city.
And when
the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt
smite every male
thereof with
the edge of
the sword:
When the LORD your God has delivered it into your hand, you must put every male to the sword.
But
the women, and
the little ones, and
the cattle, and all that is in
the city, even all
the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto
thyself; and thou shalt eat
the spoil of thine enemies, which
the LORD thy God hath given
thee.
But
the women, children,
livestock, and whatever else is in
the city—all its
spoil—you may take as
plunder, and you shall use
the spoil of your enemies that
the LORD your God gives you.
Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
This is how you are to treat all the cities that are far away from you and do not belong to the nations nearby.
But of
the cities of
these people, which
the LORD thy God
doth give
thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.
That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.
so that
they cannot teach you to do all
the detestable things
they do for
their gods, and so cause you to sin against
the LORD your God.
When thou shalt
besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy
the trees
thereof by forcing an
axe against
them: for thou mayest eat of
them, and thou shalt not cut
them down (for
the tree of
the field is man’s life) to employ
them in
the siege:
When you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an
axe to
them, because you can eat
their fruit. You must not cut
them down. Are
the trees of
the field human, that you should
besiege them?
Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
But you may destroy
the trees that you know do not produce fruit. Use
them to build siege works against
the city that is
waging war against you, until it falls.
If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him:
If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,
Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
your elders and judges must come out and measure
the distance from
the victim to
the neighboring cities.
And it shall be, that
the city which is next unto
the slain man, even
the elders of that city shall take an
heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in
the yoke;
Then the elders of
the city nearest
the victim shall take a
heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,
And
the elders of that city shall bring down
the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off
the heifer’s neck
there in
the valley:
bring
the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been
plowed or sown, and break its neck
there by
the stream.
And
the priests
the sons of Levi shall come near; for
them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to
bless in
the name of
the LORD; and by
their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:
And
the priests,
the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for
the LORD your God has chosen
them to serve Him and
pronounce blessings in His name and to give a ruling in every dispute and case of
assault.
And all
the elders of that city, that are next unto
the slain man, shall wash
their hands over
the heifer that is
beheaded in
the valley:
Then all
the elders of
the city nearest
the victim shall wash
their hands by
the stream over
the heifer whose neck has been broken,
And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
and they shall declare, “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.
Be
merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel’s charge. And
the blood shall be
forgiven them.
Accept this
atonement, O LORD, for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, and do not hold
the shedding of innocent blood against
them.” And
the bloodshed will be
atoned for.
So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
So you shall
purge from among you
the guilt of
shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in
the eyes of
the LORD.
When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and
the LORD thy God hath delivered
them into thine hands, and thou hast taken
them captive,
When you go to war against your enemies and
the LORD your God delivers
them into your hand and you take
them captive,
And seest among
the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;
if you see a beautiful woman among them, and you desire her and want to take her as your wife,
Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall
shave her head, and
pare her
nails;
then you shall bring her into your house. She must
shave her head,
trim her
nails,
And she shall put
the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and
bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.
and put aside
the clothing of her captivity. After she has lived in your house a full month and
mourned her father and mother, you may have relations with her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her,
then thou shalt let her go
whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make
merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.
And if you are not pleased with her, you are to let her go wherever she wishes. But you must not sell her for money or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.
If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another
hated, and
they have born him children, both
the beloved and
the hated; and if
the firstborn son be hers that was
hated:
If a man has two wives, one beloved and
the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but
the unloved wife has
the firstborn son,
Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to
inherit that which he hath, that he may not make
the son of
the beloved
firstborn before
the son of
the hated, which is indeed
the firstborn:
when that man assigns his inheritance to his sons he must not
appoint the son of
the beloved wife as
the firstborn over
the son of
the unloved wife.
But he shall acknowledge
the son of
the hated for
the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is
the beginning of his strength;
the right of
the firstborn is his.
Instead, he must acknowledge
the firstborn,
the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is
the firstfruits of his father’s strength;
the right of
the firstborn belongs to him.
If a man have a
stubborn and
rebellious son, which will not obey
the voice of his father, or
the voice of his mother, and that, when
they have
chastened him, will not
hearken unto
them:
If a man has a
stubborn and
rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not
listen to
them when disciplined,
Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,
And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
Then all
the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must
purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.
His body shall not remain all night upon
the tree, but thou shalt in any wise
bury him that day; (for he that is
hanged is
accursed of God;) that thy land be not
defiled, which
the LORD thy God giveth
thee for an inheritance.
you must not leave
the body on
the tree overnight, but you must be sure to
bury him that day, because
anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s
curse. You must not
defile the land that
the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
Thou shalt not see
the brother’s ox or his sheep go
astray, and hide
thyself from
them: thou shalt in any case bring
them again unto thy brother.
If you see your brother’s ox or sheep
straying, you must not
ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother.
And 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.
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.
In like manner shalt thou do with his
ass; and so shalt thou do with his
raiment; and with all lost things of thy brother’s, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide
thyself.
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.
Thou 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.
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.
The 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.
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.
If 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:
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.
But 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.
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.
When 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.
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.
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.
You are to make tassels on
the four corners of
the cloak you wear.
And 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:
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.”
Then 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:
Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring
the proof of her
virginity to
the city elders at
the gate
And
the damsel’s father shall say unto
the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
and say to
the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he has come to
hate her.
And, 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.
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.
And
the elders of that city shall take that man and
chastise him;
Then the elders of that city shall take
the man and
punish him.
And
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.
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.
If, however, this
accusation is true, and no proof of
the young woman’s
virginity can be found,
Then 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.
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.
If 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.
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.
If a
damsel that is a virgin be
betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in
the city, and lie with her;
If
there is a virgin
pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in
the city and sleeps with her,
Then 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.
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.
But 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:
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.
But 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:
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.
When he found her in
the field,
the betrothed woman
cried out, but
there was no one to save her.
If 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;
If a man encounters a virgin who is not
pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and
they are discovered,
Then 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.
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.
He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
No man with
crushed or severed
genitals may enter
the assembly of
the LORD.
A
bastard shall not enter into
the congregation of
the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into
the congregation of
the LORD.
No one of
illegitimate birth may enter
the assembly of
the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to
the tenth generation.
An
Ammonite or
Moabite shall not enter into
the congregation of
the LORD; even to
their tenth generation shall
they not enter into
the congregation of
the LORD for ever:
No
Ammonite or
Moabite or any of
their descendants may enter
the assembly of
the LORD, even to
the tenth generation.
Because
they met you not with bread and with water in
the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because
they hired against
thee Balaam the son of Beor of
Pethor of
Mesopotamia, to
curse thee.
For
they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and
they hired Balaam son of Beor from
Pethor in
Aram-naharaim to
curse you.
Nevertheless
the LORD thy God would not
hearken unto
Balaam; but
the LORD thy God turned
the curse into a blessing unto
thee, because
the LORD thy God loved
thee.
Yet
the LORD your God would not
listen to
Balaam, and
the LORD your God turned
the curse into a blessing for you, because
the LORD your God loves you.
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.
The children that are
begotten of
them shall enter into
the congregation of
the LORD in
their third generation.
The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.
When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.
When you are
encamped against your enemies,
then you shall keep
yourself from every wicked thing.
If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:
If any man among you becomes unclean because of a
nocturnal emission, he must leave
the camp and stay outside.
But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again.
When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp.
Thou shalt have a place also without
the camp,
whither thou shalt go forth abroad:
And thou shalt have a
paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou
wilt ease
thyself abroad, thou shalt
dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from
thee:
For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.
For the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from you.
Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:
Do not return a slave to his master if he has taken refuge with you.
He shall dwell with
thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not
oppress him.
Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in
the town of his pleasing. Do not
oppress him.
There shall be no
whore of
the daughters of Israel, nor a
sodomite of
the sons of Israel.
Thou shalt not bring
the hire of a
whore, or
the price of a dog, into
the house of
the LORD thy God for any
vow: for even both
these are
abomination unto
the LORD thy God.
You must not bring
the wages of a
prostitute, whether female or male, into
the house of
the LORD your God to
fulfill any
vow, because both are
detestable to
the LORD your God.
Unto a stranger thou mayest
lend upon
usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not
lend upon
usury: that
the LORD thy God may
bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in
the land
whither thou goest to possess it.
You may charge a foreigner interest, but not your brother, so that
the LORD your God may
bless you in everything to which you put your hand in
the land that you are entering to possess.
When thou shalt
vow a
vow unto
the LORD thy God, thou shalt not
slack to pay it: for
the LORD thy God will surely require it of
thee; and it would be sin in
thee.
If you make a
vow to
the LORD your God, do not be slow to keep it, because He will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin.
But if thou shalt
forbear to
vow, it shall be no sin in
thee.
But if you
refrain from making a
vow, you will not be guilty of sin.
That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a
freewill offering, according as thou hast
vowed unto
the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.
Be careful to follow through on what comes from your lips, because you have freely
vowed to
the LORD your God with your own mouth.
When thou comest into thy neighbour’s
vineyard,
then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.
When you enter your
neighbor’s
vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, but you must not put any in your
basket.
When thou comest into
the standing corn of thy neighbour,
then thou mayest
pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a
sickle unto thy neighbour’s standing corn.
When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her:
then let him write her a bill of
divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some
indecency in her, he may write her a
certificate of
divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.