¹Quando inventum fuerit in terra,“When there will have been found in the land,quam Dominus Deus tuus daturus est tibi,which the Lord your God will give to you,hominis cadaver occisi,the corpse of a man who has been killed,et ignorabitur cædis reus,and it is not known who is guilty of the murder,

¹Quando inventum fuerit in terra,“When there will have been found in the land,quam Dominus Deus tuus daturus est tibi,which the Lord your God will give to you,hominis cadaver occisi,the corpse of a man who has been killed,et ignorabitur cædis reus,and it is not known who is guilty of the murder,

²egredientur majores natu,your judges and those greater by birth shall go out and measure,et judices tui,from the place of the corpse,et metientur a loco cadaveris singularum per circuitum spatia civitatum:the distance to each of the surrounding cities.

²egredientur majores natu,your judges and those greater by birth shall go out and measure,et judices tui,from the place of the corpse,et metientur a loco cadaveris singularum per circuitum spatia civitatum:the distance to each of the surrounding cities.

³et quam viciniorem ceteris esse perspexerint,And in whichever one they perceive to be closer than the others,seniores civitatis illius tollent vitulam de armento,the elders shall take a calf from the herd,quæ non traxit jugum,one which has not pulled with a yoke,nec terram scidit vomere,nor tilled with a plow.

³et quam viciniorem ceteris esse perspexerint,And in whichever one they perceive to be closer than the others,seniores civitatis illius tollent vitulam de armento,the elders shall take a calf from the herd,quæ non traxit jugum,one which has not pulled with a yoke,nec terram scidit vomere,nor tilled with a plow.

⁴et ducent eam ad vallem asperam atque saxosam,And they shall lead it into a rough and stony valley,quæ numquam arata est,one which has never been tilled or sown.nec sementem recepit:And in that place,et cædent in ea cervices vitulæ:they shall cut the neck of the calf.

⁴et ducent eam ad vallem asperam atque saxosam,And they shall lead it into a rough and stony valley,quæ numquam arata est,one which has never been tilled or sown.nec sementem recepit:And in that place,et cædent in ea cervices vitulæ:they shall cut the neck of the calf.

⁵accedentque sacerdotes filii Levi,And the priests the sons of Levi shall approach,quos elegerit Dominus Deus tuus ut ministrent ei,those whom the Lord your God has chosen to minister to him,et benedicant in nomine ejus, et ad verbum eorum omne negotium,and to bless in his name, and to decide every controversy by their word,et quidquid mundum, vel immundum est, judicetur.and to judge which things are clean and which are unclean.

⁵accedentque sacerdotes filii Levi,And the priests the sons of Levi shall approach,quos elegerit Dominus Deus tuus ut ministrent ei,those whom the Lord your God has chosen to minister to him,et benedicant in nomine ejus, et ad verbum eorum omne negotium,and to bless in his name, and to decide every controversy by their word,et quidquid mundum, vel immundum est, judicetur.and to judge which things are clean and which are unclean.

⁶Et venient majores natu civitatis illius ad interfectum,And those greater by birth of that city,lavabuntque manus suas super vitulam,nearest to the one who was slain,quæ in valle percussa est,shall go and shall wash their hands over the calf that was killed in the valley.

⁶Et venient majores natu civitatis illius ad interfectum,And those greater by birth of that city,lavabuntque manus suas super vitulam,nearest to the one who was slain,quæ in valle percussa est,shall go and shall wash their hands over the calf that was killed in the valley.

⁷et dicent:And they shall say:Manus nostræ non effuderunt sanguinem hunc,‘Our hands did not shed this blood,nec oculi viderunt:nor did our eyes see it.

⁷et dicent:And they shall say:Manus nostræ non effuderunt sanguinem hunc,‘Our hands did not shed this blood,nec oculi viderunt:nor did our eyes see it.

⁸propitius esto populo tuo Israël,Be merciful to your people Israel,quem redemisti,whom you have redeemed,Domine,O Lord,et ne reputes sanguinem innocentem in medio populi tui Israël.and do not charge them with innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel.’Et auferetur ab eis reatus sanguinis:And so the guilt of the blood will be taken away from them.

⁸propitius esto populo tuo Israël,Be merciful to your people Israel,quem redemisti,whom you have redeemed,Domine,O Lord,et ne reputes sanguinem innocentem in medio populi tui Israël.and do not charge them with innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel.’Et auferetur ab eis reatus sanguinis:And so the guilt of the blood will be taken away from them.

⁹tu autem alienus eris ab innocentis cruore, qui fusus est,Then you will be free from the blood that was shed against the innocent,cum feceris quod præcepit Dominus.when you will have done as the Lord has instructed you.

⁹tu autem alienus eris ab innocentis cruore, qui fusus est,Then you will be free from the blood that was shed against the innocent,cum feceris quod præcepit Dominus.when you will have done as the Lord has instructed you.

¹⁰Si egressus fueris ad pugnam contra inimicos tuos,If you have gone out to fight against your enemies,et tradiderit eos Dominus Deus tuus in manu tua,and the Lord your God has delivered them into your hand, and if,captivosque duxeris,as you are leading away the captives,

¹⁰Si egressus fueris ad pugnam contra inimicos tuos,If you have gone out to fight against your enemies,et tradiderit eos Dominus Deus tuus in manu tua,and the Lord your God has delivered them into your hand, and if,captivosque duxeris,as you are leading away the captives,

¹¹et videris in numero captivorum mulierem pulchram,you see among the number of the captives a beautiful woman,et adamaveris eam,and you love her,voluerisque habere uxorem,and you are willing to have her as a wife:

¹¹et videris in numero captivorum mulierem pulchram,you see among the number of the captives a beautiful woman,et adamaveris eam,and you love her,voluerisque habere uxorem,and you are willing to have her as a wife:

¹²introduces eam in domum tuam:then you shall lead her into your house.quæ radet cæsariem,And she shall shave off her hair,et circumcidet ungues,and cut her nails short,

¹²introduces eam in domum tuam:then you shall lead her into your house.quæ radet cæsariem,And she shall shave off her hair,et circumcidet ungues,and cut her nails short,

¹³et deponet vestem, in qua capta est:and remove the garment in which she was captured.sedensque in domo tua, flebit patrem et matrem suam uno mense:And she shall sit in your house and weep for her father and mother, for one month.et postea intrabis ad eam, dormiesque cum illa,And after that, you shall enter to her and sleep with her,et erit uxor tua.and she shall be your wife.

¹³et deponet vestem, in qua capta est:and remove the garment in which she was captured.sedensque in domo tua, flebit patrem et matrem suam uno mense:And she shall sit in your house and weep for her father and mother, for one month.et postea intrabis ad eam, dormiesque cum illa,And after that, you shall enter to her and sleep with her,et erit uxor tua.and she shall be your wife.

¹⁴Si autem postea non sederit animo tuo,But if afterwards she does not sit well in your mind,dimittes eam liberam,you shall set her free.nec vendere poteris pecunia,You cannot sell her for money,nec opprimere per potentiam:nor can you oppress her by force.quia humiliasti eam.For you have humiliated her.

¹⁴Si autem postea non sederit animo tuo,But if afterwards she does not sit well in your mind,dimittes eam liberam,you shall set her free.nec vendere poteris pecunia,You cannot sell her for money,nec opprimere per potentiam:nor can you oppress her by force.quia humiliasti eam.For you have humiliated her.

¹⁵Si habuerit homo uxores duas,If a man has two wives,unam dilectam,one belovedet alteram odiosam,and the other hated,genuerintque ex eo liberos,and they have produced children by him,et fuerit filius odiosæ primogenitus,and if the son of the hated wife is the firstborn,

¹⁵Si habuerit homo uxores duas,If a man has two wives,unam dilectam,one belovedet alteram odiosam,and the other hated,genuerintque ex eo liberos,and they have produced children by him,et fuerit filius odiosæ primogenitus,and if the son of the hated wife is the firstborn,

¹⁶volueritque substantiam inter filios suos dividere,and if he wishes to divide his substance among his sons:non poterit filium dilectæ facere primogenitum,he cannot make the son of the beloved wife the firstborn,et præferre filio odiosæ:and so prefer him before the son of the hated wife.

¹⁶volueritque substantiam inter filios suos dividere,and if he wishes to divide his substance among his sons:non poterit filium dilectæ facere primogenitum,he cannot make the son of the beloved wife the firstborn,et præferre filio odiosæ:and so prefer him before the son of the hated wife.

¹⁷sed filium odiosæ agnoscet primogenitum,Instead, he shall acknowledge the son of the hated wife as the firstborn,dabitque ei de his quæ habuerit cuncta duplicia:and he shall give to him a double portion of all that he has.iste est enim principium liberorum ejus, et huic debentur primogenita.For he is the first among his children, and the rights of the firstborn are owed to him.

¹⁷sed filium odiosæ agnoscet primogenitum,Instead, he shall acknowledge the son of the hated wife as the firstborn,dabitque ei de his quæ habuerit cuncta duplicia:and he shall give to him a double portion of all that he has.iste est enim principium liberorum ejus, et huic debentur primogenita.For he is the first among his children, and the rights of the firstborn are owed to him.

¹⁸Si genuerit homo filium contumacemIf a man produces a disobedient and reckless son,et protervum,who will not listen to the orders of his father or mother,qui non audiat patrisand,aut matris imperium,having been corrected,et coërcitus obedire contempserit:shows contempt for obedience:

¹⁸Si genuerit homo filium contumacemIf a man produces a disobedient and reckless son,et protervum,who will not listen to the orders of his father or mother,qui non audiat patrisand,aut matris imperium,having been corrected,et coërcitus obedire contempserit:shows contempt for obedience:

¹⁹apprehendent eum,they shall take himet ducent ad seniores civitatis illius,and lead him to the elders of the cityet ad portam judicii,and to the gate of judgment.

¹⁹apprehendent eum,they shall take himet ducent ad seniores civitatis illius,and lead him to the elders of the cityet ad portam judicii,and to the gate of judgment.

²⁰dicentque ad eos:And they shall say to them:Filius noster iste protervus et contumax est: monita nostra audire contemnit,‘This our son is reckless and disobedient. He shows contempt when listening to our admonitions.comessationibus vacat,He occupies himself with carousing,et luxuriæ atque conviviis:and self-indulgence, and feasting.’

²⁰dicentque ad eos:And they shall say to them:Filius noster iste protervus et contumax est: monita nostra audire contemnit,‘This our son is reckless and disobedient. He shows contempt when listening to our admonitions.comessationibus vacat,He occupies himself with carousing,et luxuriæ atque conviviis:and self-indulgence, and feasting.’

²¹lapidibus eum obruet populus civitatis,Then the people of the city shall stone him to death.et morietur,And he shall die,ut auferatis malum de medio vestri,so that you may take away the evil from your midst.et universus Israël audiens pertimescat.And so may all of Israel, upon hearing it, be very afraid.

²¹lapidibus eum obruet populus civitatis,Then the people of the city shall stone him to death.et morietur,And he shall die,ut auferatis malum de medio vestri,so that you may take away the evil from your midst.et universus Israël audiens pertimescat.And so may all of Israel, upon hearing it, be very afraid.

²²Quando peccaverit homo quod morte plectendum est,When a man will have sinned in a matter which is punished by death,et adjudicatus morti appensus fuerit in patibulo:and, having been judged unto death, he has been hanged on a gallows:

²²Quando peccaverit homo quod morte plectendum est,When a man will have sinned in a matter which is punished by death,et adjudicatus morti appensus fuerit in patibulo:and, having been judged unto death, he has been hanged on a gallows:

²³non permanebit cadaver ejus in ligno,his corpse shall not remain on the tree. Instead,sed in eadem die sepelietur:he shall be buried on the same day.quia maledictus a Deo est qui pendet in ligno:For he who hangs from a tree has been cursed by God,et nequaquam contaminabis terram tuam,and you shall not defile your land,quam Dominus Deus tuus dederit tibi in possessionem.which the Lord your God will give to you as a possession.”

²³non permanebit cadaver ejus in ligno,his corpse shall not remain on the tree. Instead,sed in eadem die sepelietur:he shall be buried on the same day.quia maledictus a Deo est qui pendet in ligno:For he who hangs from a tree has been cursed by God,et nequaquam contaminabis terram tuam,and you shall not defile your land,quam Dominus Deus tuus dederit tibi in possessionem.which the Lord your God will give to you as a possession.”