Deuteronomy 21:22-22:8

New King James Version

Miscellaneous Laws

²²“If a man has committed a sin ^(A)deserving of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, ²³^(B)his body shall not remain overnight on the tree, but you shall surely bury him that day, so that ^(C)you do not defile the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance; for ^(D)he who is hanged is accursed of God.

Various Laws of Morality

22 “You ^(E)shall not see your brother’s ox or his sheep going astray, and ^[a]hide yourself from them; you shall certainly bring them back to your brother. ²And 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 remain with you until your brother seeks it; then you shall restore it to him. ³You shall do the same with his donkey, and so shall you do with his garment; with any lost thing of your brother’s, which he has lost and you have found, you shall do likewise; you ^[b]must not hide yourself.

⁴^(F)“You shall not see your brother’s donkey or his ox fall down along the road, and hide yourself from them; you shall surely help him lift them up again.

⁵“A woman shall not wear anything that pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman’s garment, for all who do so are ^[c]an abomination to the Lord your God.

⁶“If a bird’s nest happens to be before you 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, ^(G)you shall not take the mother with the young; ⁷you shall surely let the mother go, and take the young for yourself, ^(H)that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days.

⁸“When you build a new house, then you shall make a parapet for your roof, that you may not bring guilt of bloodshed on your household if anyone falls from it.