Deuteronomy 22:1-18

1“If you see your neighbor’s ox or sheep or goat wandering away, don’t ignore your responsibility. Take it back to its owner.

2If its owner does not live nearby or you don’t know who the owner is, take it to your place and keep it until the owner comes looking for it. Then you must return it.

3Do the same if you find your neighbor’s donkey, clothing, or anything else your neighbor loses. Don’t ignore your responsibility.

4“If you see that your neighbor’s donkey or ox has collapsed on the road, do not look the other way. Go and help your neighbor get it back on its feet!

5“A woman must not put on men’s clothing, and a man must not wear women’s clothing. Anyone who does this is detestable in the sight of the Lord your God.

6“If you happen to find a bird’s nest in a tree or on the ground, and there are young ones or eggs in it with the mother sitting in the nest, do not take the mother with the young.

7You may take the young, but let the mother go, so that you may prosper and enjoy a long life.

8“When you build a new house, you must build a railing around the edge of its flat roof. That way you will not be considered guilty of murder if someone falls from the roof.

9“You must not plant any other crop between the rows of your vineyard. If you do, you are forbidden to use either the grapes from the vineyard or the other crop.

10“You must not plow with an ox and a donkey harnessed together.

11“You must not wear clothing made of wool and linen woven together.

12“You must put four tassels on the hem of the cloak with which you cover yourself—on the front, back, and sides.

13“Suppose a man marries a woman, but after sleeping with her, he turns against her

14and publicly accuses her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘When I married this woman, I discovered she was not a virgin.’

15Then the woman’s father and mother must bring the proof of her virginity to the elders as they hold court at the town gate.

16Her father must say to them, ‘I gave my daughter to this man to be his wife, and now he has turned against her.

17He has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, “I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.” But here is the proof of my daughter’s virginity.’ Then they must spread her bed sheet before the elders.

18The elders must then take the man and punish him.