Various Laws

Deuteronomy 22

1 "You s shall not see your brother's ox or his sheep going astray and ignore them. You shall take them back to your brother. 2 And if he does not live near you and you do not know who he is, you shall bring it home to your house, and it shall stay with you until your brother seeks it. Then you shall restore it to him. 3 And you shall do the same with his donkey or with his garment, or with any lost thing of your brother's, which he loses and you find; you may not ignore it. 4 t You shall not see your brother's donkey or his ox fallen down by the way and ignore them. You shall help him to lift them up again.

5 "A woman shall not wear a man's garment, nor shall a man put on a woman's cloak, u for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord your God.

6 "If you come across a bird's nest in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs and the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, v you shall not take the mother with the young. 7 You shall let the mother go, but the young you may take for yourself, w that it may go well with you, and that you may live long.

8 "When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof, that you may not bring the guilt of blood upon your house, if anyone should fall from it.

9 x "You shall not sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed, lest the whole yield be forfeited, 1 the crop that you have sown and the yield of the vineyard. 10 You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together. 11 You shall not wear cloth of wool and linen mixed together.

12 y "You shall make yourself tassels on the four corners of the garment with which you cover yourself.

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 23:4
    If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall bring it back to him.
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 23:5
    If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying down under its burden, you shall refrain from leaving him with it; you shall rescue it with him.
  3. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 18:12
    For whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord. And because of these abominations the Lord your God is driving them out before you.
    Deuteronomy 25:16
    For all who do such things, all who act dishonestly, are an abomination to the Lord your God.
  4. Cross References
    Leviticus 22:28
    But you shall not kill an ox or a sheep and her young in one day.
  5. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 4:40
    Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments, which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for all time.
  6. Cross References
    Leviticus 19:19
    You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind. You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor shall you wear a garment of cloth made of two kinds of material.
  7. Cross References
    Numbers 15:38
    Speak to the people of Israel, and tell them to make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a cord of blue on the tassel of each corner.
    Matthew 23:5
    They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long.
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