Deḇarim (Deuteronomy)

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Deut 22:1 “When you see your brother’s ox or his sheep going straying
away, you shall not hide yourself from them. Return them to your brother
without fail.
Deut 22:2 “And if your brother is not near you, or if you do not know him,
then you shall bring it to your own house, and it shall be with you until your
brother seeks it, then you shall return it to him.
Deut 22:3 “And so you do with his donkey, and so you do with his garment,
and so you do with whatever your brother loses, which he has lost and you
have found. You are not allowed to hide yourself.
Deut 22:4 “When you see your brother’s donkey or his ox fall down on the
way, you shall not hide yourself from them. Help him raise them without fail.
Deut 22:5 “A woman does not wear that which pertains to a man, nor does a
man put on a woman’s garment, for whoever does this is an abomination to
יהוה your Elohim.
Deut 22:6 “When you come upon a bird’s nest along the way, in any tree or
on the ground, with young ones or eggs, with the mother sitting on the young
or on the eggs, do not take the mother with the young –
Deut 22:7 let the mother go without fail, and take the young for yourself, so
that it might be well with you, and that you shall prolong your days.
Deut 22:8 “When you build a new house, then you shall make a parapet for
your roof, so that you do not bring blood-guilt on your house when one falls
from it.
Deut 22:9 “Do not sow your vineyard with different kinds of seed, lest the
yield of the seed which you have sown and the fruit of your vineyard be
defiled.
Deut 22:10 “Do not plough with an ox and a donkey together.
Deut 22:11 “Do not put on a garment of different kinds, of wool and linen
together.
Deut 22:12 “Make tassels on the four corners of the garment with which you
cover yourself.
Deut 22:13 “When any man takes a wife, and shall go in to her, and shall
hate her,
Deut 22:14 and shall make abusive charges against her and bring an evil
name on her and say, ‘I took this woman, and when I came to her I did not
find her a maiden,’
Deut 22:15 then the father and mother of the young woman shall take and
bring out the proof of the girl’s maidenhood to the elders of the city at the
gate.
Deut 22:16 “And the girl’s father shall say to the elders, ‘I gave my daughter
to this man as wife, and he hates her.
Deut 22:17 ‘And see, he has made abusive charges against her, saying, “I
did not find your daughter a maiden,” and yet these are the proofs of my
daughter’s maidenhood.’ And they shall spread the garment before the elders
of the city.
Deut 22:18 “And the elders of that city shall take that man and punish him,
Deut 22:19 and fine him one hundred pieces of silver and give them to the
father of the young woman, because he has brought an evil name on a maiden
of Yisra’ĕl. And she is to be his wife, he is not allowed to put her away all
his days.
Deut 22:20 “But if the matter is true, that the girl was not found a maiden,
Deut 22:21 then they shall bring out the girl to the door of her father’s house,
and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has
done wickedness in Yisra’ĕl, to whore in her father’s house. Thus you shall
purge the evil from your midst.
Deut 22:22 “When a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband,
then both of them shall die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the
woman. Thus you shall purge the evil from Yisra’ĕl.
Deut 22:23 “When a girl who is a maiden is engaged to a husband, and a
man finds her in the city and lies with her,
Deut 22:24 then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and
shall stone them to death with stones, the girl because she did not cry out in
the city, and the man because he has humbled his neighbour’s wife. Thus you
shall purge the evil from your midst.
Deut 22:25 “But if a man finds the girl who is engaged in the field, and the
man seizes her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall
die.
Deut 22:26 “But you shall do no matter to the girl. The girl has no sin worthy
of death – for the matter is like a man who rises against his neighbour and
kills him –
Deut 22:27 for he found her in the field, and she cried out, the engaged girl,
but without anyone to save her.
Deut 22:28 “When a man finds a girl who is a maiden, who is not engaged,
and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are found out,
Deut 22:29 then the man who lay with her shall give to the girl’s father fifty
pieces of silver, and she is to be his wife because he has humbled her. He is
not allowed to put her away all his days.
Deut 22:30 “A man does not take his father’s wife, nor uncover his father’s
skirt.

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Deut 23:1 “No one wounded, crushed or whose member is cut off does enter
the assembly of יהוה.
Deut 23:2 “No one of illegitimate birth does enter the assembly of יהוה, even
a tenth generation of his does not enter the assembly of יהוה.
Deut 23:3 “An Ammonite or Mo’aḇite does not enter the assembly of יהוה,
even a tenth generation of them does not ever enter the assembly of יהוה,
Deut 23:4 because they did not meet you with bread and water on the way
when you came out of Mitsrayim, and because they hired against you Bil‛am
son of Be‛or from Pethor of Aram Naharayim, to curse you.
Deut 23:5 “But יהוה your Elohim refused to listen to Bil‛am, and יהוה your
Elohim turned the curse into a blessing for you, because יהוה your Elohim
loves you.
Deut 23:6 “Do not seek their peace nor their good, all your days, forever.
Deut 23:7 “Do not loathe an Eḏomite, for he is your brother. Do not loathe a
Mitsrite, because you were a stranger in his land.
Deut 23:8 “The children of the third generation born to them do enter the
assembly of יהוה.
Deut 23:9 “When the army goes out against your enemies, then you shall
guard yourself from every evil matter.
Deut 23:10 “When there is any man among you who is not clean because of
an emission in the night, then he shall go outside the camp. Let him not come
into the midst of the camp.
Deut 23:11 “And it shall be, when evening comes, that he bathes with water.
And when the sun sets let him come into the midst of the camp.
Deut 23:12 “And you shall have a place outside the camp, where you shall
go out,
Deut 23:13 and you shall have a sharp implement among your equipment,
and when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it and turn and cover your
excrement.
Deut 23:14 “For יהוה your Elohim walks in the midst of your camp, to
deliver you and give your enemies over to you. Therefore your camp shall be
set-apart, so that He does not see unclean matter among you, and shall turn
away from you.
Deut 23:15 “You do not hand over to his master the slave who has escaped
from his master to you.
Deut 23:16 “Let him dwell with you in your midst, in the place which he
chooses within one of your gates, where it is pleasing to him. Do not oppress
him.
Deut 23:17 “None of the daughters of Yisra’ĕl is to be a cult prostitute, nor
any of the sons of Yisra’ĕl be a cult prostitute.
Deut 23:18 “Do not bring the gift of a whore or the pay of a dog to the House
of יהוה your Elohim for any vowed offering, for both of these are an
abomination to יהוה your Elohim.
Deut 23:19 “Do not lend at interest to your brother, interest of silver, interest
of food, or interest of whatever is lent at interest.
Deut 23:20 “To a foreigner you lend at interest, but to your brother you do
not lend at interest, so that יהוה your Elohim might bless you in all that you put
your hand to in the land which you are entering to possess.
Deut 23:21 “When you make a vow to יהוה your Elohim, do not delay to pay
it, for יהוה your Elohim is certainly requiring it of you, and it shall be sin in
you.
Deut 23:22 “But when you abstain from vowing, it is not sin in you.
Deut 23:23 “That which has gone from your lips you shall guard and do, for
you voluntarily vowed to יהוה your Elohim what you have promised with
your mouth.
Deut 23:24 “When you come into your neighbour’s vineyard, you shall eat to
the satisfaction of your desire, but do not put any in a receptacle of yours.
Deut 23:25 “When you come into your neighbour’s standing grain, you shall
pluck the heads with your hand, but do not use a sickle on your neighbour’s
standing grain.

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Deut 24:1 “When a man takes a wife and shall marry her, then it shall be, if
she finds no favour in his eyes because he has found a matter of
uncoveredness in her, and he shall write her a certificate of divorce, and put
it in her hand, and send her out of his house,
Deut 24:2 and if she left his house and went and became another man’s wife,
Deut 24:3 and the latter husband shall hate her and write her a certificate of
divorce, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house, or when the
latter husband dies who took her to be his wife,
Deut 24:4 then her former husband who sent her away is not allowed to take
her back to be his wife after she has been defiled, for that would be an
abomination before יהוה. And do not bring sin on the land which יהוה your
Elohim is giving you as an inheritance.
Deut 24:5 “When a man has taken a new wife, let him not go out into the
army nor let any matter be imposed upon him. He shall be exempt one year
for the sake of his home, to rejoice with his wife whom he has taken.
Deut 24:6 “No one takes in pledge the lower or the upper millstone, for he
would be taking a life in pledge.
Deut 24:7 “When a man is found kidnapping any of his brothers of the
children of Yisra’ĕl, and treats him harshly or sells him, then that kidnapper
shall die. Thus you shall purge the evil from your midst.
Deut 24:8 “Take heed, in an outbreak of leprosy, to diligently guard and do
according to all that the priests, the Lĕwites, teach you. As I have
commanded them, so you shall guard to do.
Deut 24:9 “Remember what יהוה your Elohim did to Miryam on the way
when you came out of Mitsrayim.
Deut 24:10 “When you lend your brother a loan, do not go into his house to
get his pledge.
Deut 24:11 “Stand outside, and let the man to whom you lend bring the
pledge out to you.
Deut 24:12 “And if the man is poor, do not sleep with his pledge.
Deut 24:13 “By all means return the pledge to him at sundown, and he shall
sleep in his own garment, and shall bless you. And it shall be righteousness
to you before יהוה your Elohim.
Deut 24:14 “Do not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, of your
brothers or of the strangers who is in your land within your gates.
Deut 24:15 “Give him his wages on the same day, and do not let the sun go
down on it, for he is poor and lifts up his being to it, so that he does not cry
out against you to יהוה, and it shall be sin in you.
Deut 24:16 “Fathers are not put to death for their children, and children are
not put to death for their fathers, each is to die for his own sin.
Deut 24:17 “Do not twist the right-ruling of a stranger or the fatherless, nor
take the garment of a widow.
Deut 24:18 “But you shall remember that you were a slave in Mitsrayim, and
that יהוה your Elohim redeemed you from there. Therefore I am commanding
you to do this word.
Deut 24:19 “When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgotten a
sheaf in the field, do not go back to get it. Let it be for the stranger, for the
fatherless, and for the widow, so that יהוה your Elohim might bless you in all
the work of your hands.
Deut 24:20 “When you beat your olive trees, do not examine the branch
behind you. Let it be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
Deut 24:21 “When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, do not glean
behind you. Let it be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
Deut 24:22 “And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of
Mitsrayim. Therefore I am commanding you to do this word.

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Deut 25:1 “When there is a dispute between men, then they shall come unto
judgment, and they shall be judged, and the righteous declared righteous and
the wrongdoer declared wrong.
Deut 25:2 “And it shall be, if the wrongdoer is to be beaten, that the judge
shall cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of
blows according to his wrong.
Deut 25:3 “Forty blows he gives him but no more, lest he beat him with
many more blows than these, and your brother be degraded before your eyes.
Deut 25:4 “Do not muzzle an ox while it is threshing.
Deut 25:5 “When brothers dwell together, and one of them has died, and has
no son, the widow of the dead man shall not become a stranger’s outside.
Her husband’s brother does go in to her, and shall take her as his wife, and
perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.
Deut 25:6 “And it shall be that the first-born son which she bears does rise
up for the name of his dead brother, so that his name is not blotted out of
Yisra’ĕl.
Deut 25:7 “But if the man does not desire to take his brother’s wife, then let
his brother’s wife go up to the gate to the elders, and say, ‘My husband’s
brother refuses to raise up a name to his brother in Yisra’ĕl, he does not
agree to perform the duty of my husband’s brother.’
Deut 25:8 “The elders of his city shall then call him and speak to him, and
he shall stand and say, ‘I have no desire to take her,’
Deut 25:9 then his brother’s wife shall come to him in the presence of the
elders, and remove his sandal from his foot, and shall spit in his face, and
answer and say, ‘Thus it is done to the man who does not build up his
brother’s house.’
Deut 25:10 “And in Yisra’ĕl his name shall be called, ‘The house of him
who had his sandal removed.’
Deut 25:11 “When men fight with one another, and the wife of one shall
draw near to rescue her husband from the hand of the one attacking him, and
shall put out her hand and seize him by the genitals,
Deut 25:12 then you shall cut off her hand – your eye does not pardon.
Deut 25:13 “You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a heavy and a
light.
Deut 25:14 “You shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and
a small.
Deut 25:15 “You shall have a perfect and right weight, a perfect and right
measure, so that they prolong your days on the soil which יהוה your Elohim is
giving you.
Deut 25:16 “For all who do these, and all who do unrighteously, are an
abomination to יהוה your Elohim.
Deut 25:17 “Remember what Amalĕq did to you on the way as you were
coming out of Mitsrayim,
Deut 25:18 how he met you on the way and attacked your back, all the feeble
ones in your rear, when you were tired and weary. And he did not fear
Elohim.
Deut 25:19 “Therefore it shall be, when יהוה your Elohim has given you rest
from your enemies all around, in the land which יהוה your Elohim is giving
you to possess as an inheritance, that you blot out the remembrance of
Amalĕq from under the heavens. Do not forget!