¹Non videbis bovem fratris tui,“If you see your brother’s ox or sheep wander astray,aut ovem errantem,you shall not pass by.et præteribis:Instead,sed reduces fratri tuo,you shall lead them back to your brother.

¹Non videbis bovem fratris tui,“If you see your brother’s ox or sheep wander astray,aut ovem errantem,you shall not pass by.et præteribis:Instead,sed reduces fratri tuo,you shall lead them back to your brother.

²etiamsi non est propinquus frater tuus,But if your brother is not near,nec nosti eum:or you do not know him,duces in domum tuam,you shall lead them to your house,et erunt apud te quamdiu quærat ea frater tuus,and they shall be with you until your brother seeks themet recipiat.and receives them.

²etiamsi non est propinquus frater tuus,But if your brother is not near,nec nosti eum:or you do not know him,duces in domum tuam,you shall lead them to your house,et erunt apud te quamdiu quærat ea frater tuus,and they shall be with you until your brother seeks themet recipiat.and receives them.

³Similiter facies de asino,You shall act in a similar manner with his donkey,et de vestimento,and his clothing,et de omni re fratris tui,and all the belongings of your brother that have been lost.quæ perierit:If you find it,si inveneris eam,you shall not neglect it,ne negligas quasi alienam.as if it belonged to a stranger.

³Similiter facies de asino,You shall act in a similar manner with his donkey,et de vestimento,and his clothing,et de omni re fratris tui,and all the belongings of your brother that have been lost.quæ perierit:If you find it,si inveneris eam,you shall not neglect it,ne negligas quasi alienam.as if it belonged to a stranger.

⁴Si videris asinum fratris tuiIf you see that your brother’s donkey or ox has fallen along the way,aut bovem cecidisse in via,you shall not disregard it.non despicies,Instead,sed sublevabis cum eo.you shall lift it up with him.

⁴Si videris asinum fratris tuiIf you see that your brother’s donkey or ox has fallen along the way,aut bovem cecidisse in via,you shall not disregard it.non despicies,Instead,sed sublevabis cum eo.you shall lift it up with him.

⁵Non induetur mulier veste virili,A woman shall not be clothed with manly apparel,nec vir utetur veste feminea:nor shall a man make use of feminine apparel.abominabilis enim apud Deum est qui facit hæc.For whoever does these things is abominable with God.

⁵Non induetur mulier veste virili,A woman shall not be clothed with manly apparel,nec vir utetur veste feminea:nor shall a man make use of feminine apparel.abominabilis enim apud Deum est qui facit hæc.For whoever does these things is abominable with God.

⁶Si ambulans per viam,If,in arboreas you are walking along the way,vel in terra nidum avis inveneris,you find a bird’s nest,et matrem pullisin a tree or on the ground,vel ovis desuper incubantem:and the mother is nurturing the young or the eggs,non tenebis eam cum filiis,you shall not take her with her young.

⁶Si ambulans per viam,If,in arboreas you are walking along the way,vel in terra nidum avis inveneris,you find a bird’s nest,et matrem pullisin a tree or on the ground,vel ovis desuper incubantem:and the mother is nurturing the young or the eggs,non tenebis eam cum filiis,you shall not take her with her young.

⁷sed abire patieris,Instead, you shall permit her to go,captos tenens filios:retaining the young that you have caught,ut bene sit tibi,so that it may be well with you,et longo vivas tempore.and you may live for a long time.

⁷sed abire patieris,Instead, you shall permit her to go,captos tenens filios:retaining the young that you have caught,ut bene sit tibi,so that it may be well with you,et longo vivas tempore.and you may live for a long time.

⁸Cum ædificaveris domum novam,When you build a new house,facies murum tecti per circuitum:you shall make a wall around the roof. Otherwise,ne effundatur sanguis in domo tua,someone may slip and fall down violently,et sis reus labente alio,and so blood would be shed at your house,et in præceps ruente.and you would be guilty.

⁸Cum ædificaveris domum novam,When you build a new house,facies murum tecti per circuitum:you shall make a wall around the roof. Otherwise,ne effundatur sanguis in domo tua,someone may slip and fall down violently,et sis reus labente alio,and so blood would be shed at your house,et in præceps ruente.and you would be guilty.

⁹Non seres vineam tuam altero semine:You shall not sow your vineyard with another seed,ne et sementis quam sevisti, et quæ nascuntur ex vinea, pariter sanctificentur.lest both the seed that you have sown and what springs forth from the vineyard be sanctified together.

⁹Non seres vineam tuam altero semine:You shall not sow your vineyard with another seed,ne et sementis quam sevisti, et quæ nascuntur ex vinea, pariter sanctificentur.lest both the seed that you have sown and what springs forth from the vineyard be sanctified together.

¹⁰Non arabis in bove simul et asino.You shall not till with an ox and a donkey at the same time.

¹⁰Non arabis in bove simul et asino.You shall not till with an ox and a donkey at the same time.

¹¹Non indueris vestimento,You shall not wear a vestment which has been woven from both woolquod ex lana linoque contextum est.and linen.

¹¹Non indueris vestimento,You shall not wear a vestment which has been woven from both woolquod ex lana linoque contextum est.and linen.

¹²Funiculos in fimbriis facies per quatuor angulos pallii tui,You shall make strings along the hem, at the four corners of your cloak,quo operieris.which covers you.

¹²Funiculos in fimbriis facies per quatuor angulos pallii tui,You shall make strings along the hem, at the four corners of your cloak,quo operieris.which covers you.

¹³Si duxerit vir uxorem,If a man takes a wife,et postea odio habuerit eam,and afterwards he has hatred for her,

¹³Si duxerit vir uxorem,If a man takes a wife,et postea odio habuerit eam,and afterwards he has hatred for her,

¹⁴quæsieritque occasiones quibus dimittat eam,and so he seeks opportunities to dismiss her,objiciens ei nomen pessimum,imputing a very wicked name to her by saying,et dixerit:‘I received this woman as a wife,Uxorem hanc accepi,and upon entering to her,et ingressus ad eam non inveni virginem:I found her not to be a virgin,’

¹⁴quæsieritque occasiones quibus dimittat eam,and so he seeks opportunities to dismiss her,objiciens ei nomen pessimum,imputing a very wicked name to her by saying,et dixerit:‘I received this woman as a wife,Uxorem hanc accepi,and upon entering to her,et ingressus ad eam non inveni virginem:I found her not to be a virgin,’

¹⁵tollent eam paterthen her father and mother shall take her,et mater ejus,and they shall bring with them the signs of her virginity,et ferent secum signa virginitatis ejus ad seniores urbis qui in porta sunt:to the elders of the city who are at the gate.

¹⁵tollent eam paterthen her father and mother shall take her,et mater ejus,and they shall bring with them the signs of her virginity,et ferent secum signa virginitatis ejus ad seniores urbis qui in porta sunt:to the elders of the city who are at the gate.

¹⁶et dicet pater:And the father shall say:Filiam meam dedi huic uxorem:‘I gave my daughter to this man as a wife.quam quia odit,And because he hates her,

¹⁶et dicet pater:And the father shall say:Filiam meam dedi huic uxorem:‘I gave my daughter to this man as a wife.quam quia odit,And because he hates her,

¹⁷imponit ei nomen pessimum,he accuses her with a very wicked name,ut dicat:by saying:Non inveni filiam tuam virginem:“I did not find your daughter to be a virgin.”et ecce hæc sunt signa virginitatis filiæ meæ.But behold, these are the signs of my daughter’s virginity.’Expandent vestimentum coram senioribus civitatis:And they shall spread the clothing before the elders of the city.

¹⁷imponit ei nomen pessimum,he accuses her with a very wicked name,ut dicat:by saying:Non inveni filiam tuam virginem:“I did not find your daughter to be a virgin.”et ecce hæc sunt signa virginitatis filiæ meæ.But behold, these are the signs of my daughter’s virginity.’Expandent vestimentum coram senioribus civitatis:And they shall spread the clothing before the elders of the city.

¹⁸apprehendentque senes urbis illius virum,And the elders of that city shall apprehend that manet verberabunt illum,and beat him.

¹⁸apprehendentque senes urbis illius virum,And the elders of that city shall apprehend that manet verberabunt illum,and beat him.

¹⁹condemnantes insuper centum siclis argenti,Moreover, they shall fine him one hundred shekels of silver,quos dabit patri puellæ,which he will give to the father of the girl,quoniam diffamavit nomen pessimum super virginem Israël:because he has committed slander, with a very wicked name, against a virgin of Israel.habebitque eam uxorem,And he shall have her as a wife,et non poterit dimittere eam omnibus diebus vitæ suæ.and he cannot dismiss her throughout all the days of his life.

¹⁹condemnantes insuper centum siclis argenti,Moreover, they shall fine him one hundred shekels of silver,quos dabit patri puellæ,which he will give to the father of the girl,quoniam diffamavit nomen pessimum super virginem Israël:because he has committed slander, with a very wicked name, against a virgin of Israel.habebitque eam uxorem,And he shall have her as a wife,et non poterit dimittere eam omnibus diebus vitæ suæ.and he cannot dismiss her throughout all the days of his life.

²⁰Quod si verum est quod objicit,But if what he has claimed is trueet non est in puella inventa virginitas,and virginity is not found in the girl,

²⁰Quod si verum est quod objicit,But if what he has claimed is trueet non est in puella inventa virginitas,and virginity is not found in the girl,

²¹ejicient eam extra fores domus patris sui,then they shall throw her down, outside the doors of her father’s house,et lapidibus obruent viri civitatis illius,and the men of that city shall stone her to death,et morietur:and she shall die.quoniam fecit nefas in Israël,For she has acted wickedly in Israel,ut fornicaretur in domo patris sui:in that she fornicated in her father’s house.et auferes malum de medio tui.And so shall you take away the evil from your midst.

²¹ejicient eam extra fores domus patris sui,then they shall throw her down, outside the doors of her father’s house,et lapidibus obruent viri civitatis illius,and the men of that city shall stone her to death,et morietur:and she shall die.quoniam fecit nefas in Israël,For she has acted wickedly in Israel,ut fornicaretur in domo patris sui:in that she fornicated in her father’s house.et auferes malum de medio tui.And so shall you take away the evil from your midst.

²²Si dormierit vir cum uxore alterius,If a man sleeps with the wife of another,uterque morietur,then they shall both die,id est,that is,adulter et adultera:the adulterer and the adulteress.et auferes malum de Israël.And so shall you take away the evil from Israel.

²²Si dormierit vir cum uxore alterius,If a man sleeps with the wife of another,uterque morietur,then they shall both die,id est,that is,adulter et adultera:the adulterer and the adulteress.et auferes malum de Israël.And so shall you take away the evil from Israel.

²³Si puellam virginem desponderit vir,If a man has betrothed a girl who is a virgin,et invenerit eam aliquis in civitate,and if someone finds her in the cityet concubuerit cum ea,and he lies with her,

²³Si puellam virginem desponderit vir,If a man has betrothed a girl who is a virgin,et invenerit eam aliquis in civitate,and if someone finds her in the cityet concubuerit cum ea,and he lies with her,

²⁴educes utrumque ad portam civitatis illius,then you shall lead them both out to the gate of that city,et lapidibus obruentur:and they shall be stoned to death:puella,the girl,quia non clamavit, cum esset in civitate:because she did not cry out though she was in the city;vir,the man,quia humiliavit uxorem proximi sui:because he has humiliated the wife of his neighbor.et auferes malum de medio tui.And so shall you take away the evil from your midst.

²⁴educes utrumque ad portam civitatis illius,then you shall lead them both out to the gate of that city,et lapidibus obruentur:and they shall be stoned to death:puella,the girl,quia non clamavit, cum esset in civitate:because she did not cry out though she was in the city;vir,the man,quia humiliavit uxorem proximi sui:because he has humiliated the wife of his neighbor.et auferes malum de medio tui.And so shall you take away the evil from your midst.

²⁵Sin autem in agro repererit vir puellam,But if a man discovers, in the countryside,quæ desponsata est,a girl who has been betrothed,et apprehendens concubuerit cum ea,and, apprehending her, he lies with her,ipse morietur solus:then he alone shall die.

²⁵Sin autem in agro repererit vir puellam,But if a man discovers, in the countryside,quæ desponsata est,a girl who has been betrothed,et apprehendens concubuerit cum ea,and, apprehending her, he lies with her,ipse morietur solus:then he alone shall die.

²⁶puella nihil patietur,The girl shall suffer nothing,nec est rea mortis:nor is she guilty unto death.quoniam sicut latro consurgit contra fratrem suum,For just as a robber rises up against his brotheret occidit animam ejus,and slays his life,ita et puella perpessa est.so also did the girl suffer greatly.

²⁶puella nihil patietur,The girl shall suffer nothing,nec est rea mortis:nor is she guilty unto death.quoniam sicut latro consurgit contra fratrem suum,For just as a robber rises up against his brotheret occidit animam ejus,and slays his life,ita et puella perpessa est.so also did the girl suffer greatly.

²⁷Sola erat in agro:She was alone in the field.clamavit,She cried out,et nullus affuit qui liberaret eam.and there was no one nearby, who might deliver her.

²⁷Sola erat in agro:She was alone in the field.clamavit,She cried out,et nullus affuit qui liberaret eam.and there was no one nearby, who might deliver her.

²⁸Si invenerit vir puellam virginem,If a man finds a girl who is a virgin,quæ non habet sponsum,who does not have a betrothal,et apprehendens concubuerit cum illa,and, taking her, he lies with her,et res ad judicium venerit:and the matter is brought to judgment,

²⁸Si invenerit vir puellam virginem,If a man finds a girl who is a virgin,quæ non habet sponsum,who does not have a betrothal,et apprehendens concubuerit cum illa,and, taking her, he lies with her,et res ad judicium venerit:and the matter is brought to judgment,

²⁹dabit qui dormivit cum ea,then he who slept with her shall give to the father of the girl fifty shekels of silver,patri puellæ quinquaginta siclos argenti,and he shall have her as a wife,et habebit eam uxorem,because he has humiliated her.quia humiliavit illam:He cannot dismiss her,non poterit dimittere eam cunctis diebus vitæ suæ.throughout all the days of his life.

²⁹dabit qui dormivit cum ea,then he who slept with her shall give to the father of the girl fifty shekels of silver,patri puellæ quinquaginta siclos argenti,and he shall have her as a wife,et habebit eam uxorem,because he has humiliated her.quia humiliavit illam:He cannot dismiss her,non poterit dimittere eam cunctis diebus vitæ suæ.throughout all the days of his life.

³⁰Non accipiet homo uxorem patris sui,No man shall take his father’s wife,nec revelabit operimentum ejus.nor remove her covering.”

³⁰Non accipiet homo uxorem patris sui,No man shall take his father’s wife,nec revelabit operimentum ejus.nor remove her covering.”