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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.
And thine eye
shall not
pity; but life
shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
You must show no
pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Thou
shalt not
plow with an ox and an
ass together.
Do not
plow with an ox and a
donkey yoked together.
Thou
shalt not wear a garment of
divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.
Do not wear clothes of wool and linen
woven together.
You are to make tassels on the four corners of the
cloak you wear.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A man
shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s
skirt.
A man is not to marry his father’s wife, so that he will not dishonor his father’s marriage bed.
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.
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.
Thou
shalt not
abhor an
Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou
shalt not
abhor an Egyptian; because thou
wast a stranger in his land.
Do not
despise an
Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not
despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.
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.
Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of
loan.
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.
Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is
defiled; for that is
abomination before the LORD: and thou
shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
then the husband who
divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been
defiled, for that is an
abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
When a man hath taken a new wife, he
shall not go out to war, neither
shall he be charged with any business: but he
shall be free at home one year, and
shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married.
Do not take a pair of millstones or even an upper
millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking one’s
livelihood as security.
If a man be found
stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh
merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that
thief shall die; and thou
shalt put evil away from among you.
If a man is caught
kidnapping one of his
Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the
kidnapper must die. So you must
purge the evil from among you.
Take
heed in the plague of
leprosy, that thou observe
diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites
shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye
shall observe to do.
When thou
dost lend thy brother any thing, thou
shalt not go into his house to
fetch his
pledge.
When you
lend anything to your
neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security.
Thou
shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou
dost lend shall bring out the
pledge abroad unto thee.
You are to stand outside while the man to whom you are
lending brings the security out to you.
And if the man be poor, thou
shalt not sleep with his
pledge:
If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;
In any case thou
shalt deliver him the
pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own
raiment, and
bless thee: and it
shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
be sure to return it to him by
sunset, so that he may sleep in his own
cloak and
bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.
Thou
shalt not
oppress an
hired servant that is poor and
needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
Do not
oppress a
hired hand who is poor and
needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
At his day thou
shalt give him his
hire, neither
shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
You are to pay his wages each day before
sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.
Thou
shalt not
pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s
raiment to
pledge:
Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s
cloak as security.
But thou
shalt remember that thou
wast a
bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from that place. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.
When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast
forgot a
sheaf in the field, thou
shalt not go again to
fetch it: it
shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may
bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
If you are harvesting in your field and
forget a
sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may
bless you in all the work of your hands.
When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
When you beat the olives from your trees, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.
When thou gatherest the grapes of thy
vineyard, thou
shalt not
glean it afterward: it
shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
When you gather the grapes of your
vineyard, you must not go over the vines again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.