Deuteronomy 22
The passage outlines various laws and regulations, including the treatment of lost animals, the prohibition of cross-dressing, and the proper treatment of birds' nests. It also addresses building codes, agricultural practices, and the wearing of mixed fabrics. Additionally, the passage deals with marriage laws, including the consequences of false accusations of adultery, the punishment for adultery, and the rules for betrothal and marriage.
1"If you see your brother’s ox or sheep wander astray, you shall not pass by. Instead, you shall lead them back to your brother2But if your brother is not near, or you do not know him, you shall lead them to your house, and they shall be with you until your brother seeks them and receives them3You shall act in a similar manner with his donkey, and his clothing, and all the belongings of your brother that have been lost. If you find it, you shall not neglect it, as if it belonged to a stranger4If you see that your brother’s donkey or ox has fallen along the way, you shall not disregard it. Instead, you shall lift it up with him5A woman shall not be clothed with manly apparel, nor shall a man make use of feminine apparel. For whoever does these things is abominable with God6If, as you are walking along the way, you find a bird’s nest, in a tree or on the ground, and the mother is nurturing the young or the eggs, you shall not take her with her young7Instead, you shall permit her to go, retaining the young that you have caught, so that it may be well with you, and you may live for a long time8When you build a new house, you shall make a wall around the roof. Otherwise, someone may slip and fall down violently, and so blood would be shed at your house, and you would be guilty9You shall not sow your vineyard with another seed, lest both the seed that you have sown and what springs forth from the vineyard be sanctified together10You shall not till with an ox and a donkey at the same time11You shall not wear a vestment which has been woven from both wool and linen12You shall make strings along the hem, at the four corners of your cloak, which covers you13If a man takes a wife, and afterwards he has hatred for her14and so he seeks opportunities to dismiss her, imputing a very wicked name to her by saying, ‘I received this woman as a wife, and upon entering to her, I found her not to be a virgin,15then her father and mother shall take her, and they shall bring with them the signs of her virginity, to the elders of the city who are at the gate16And the father shall say: ‘I gave my daughter to this man as a wife. And because he hates her17he accuses her with a very wicked name, by saying: "I did not find your daughter to be a virgin." But behold, these are the signs of my daughter’s virginity.’ And they shall spread the clothing before the elders of the city18And the elders of that city shall apprehend that man and beat him19Moreover, they shall fine him one hundred shekels of silver, which he will give to the father of the girl, because he has committed slander, with a very wicked name, against a virgin of Israel. And he shall have her as a wife, and he cannot dismiss her throughout all the days of his life20But if what he has claimed is true and virginity is not found in the girl21then they shall throw her down, outside the doors of her father’s house, and the men of that city shall stone her to death, and she shall die. For she has acted wickedly in Israel, in that she fornicated in her father’s house. And so shall you take away the evil from your midst22If a man sleeps with the wife of another, then they shall both die, that is, the adulterer and the adulteress. And so shall you take away the evil from Israel23If a man has betrothed a girl who is a virgin, and if someone finds her in the city and he lies with her24then you shall lead them both out to the gate of that city, and they shall be stoned to death: the girl, because she did not cry out though she was in the city; the man, because he has humiliated the wife of his neighbor. And so shall you take away the evil from your midst25But if a man discovers, in the countryside, a girl who has been betrothed, and, apprehending her, he lies with her, then he alone shall die26The girl shall suffer nothing, nor is she guilty unto death. For just as a robber rises up against his brother and slays his life, so also did the girl suffer greatly27She was alone in the field. She cried out, and there was no one nearby, who might deliver her28If a man find a girl who is a virgin, who does not have a betrothal, and, taking her, he lies with her, and the matter is brought to judgment29then he who slept with her shall give to the father of the girl fifty shekels of silver, and he shall have her as a wife, because he has humiliated her. He cannot dismiss her, throughout all the days of his life30No man shall take his father’s wife, nor remove her covering.
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