Deuteronomy 22:1-12

New King James Version

Various Laws of Morality

22 “You ^(A)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. ² And 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. ³ You 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 (B)“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, ^(C)you shall not take the mother with the young; ⁷ you shall surely let the mother go, and take the young for yourself, ^(D)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.

^9 (E)“You shall not sow your vineyard with different kinds of seed, lest the yield of the seed which you have sown and the fruit of your vineyard be defiled.

^10 (F)“You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together.

^11 (G)“You shall not wear a garment of different sorts, such as wool and linen mixed together.

¹² “You shall make ^(H)tassels on the four corners of the clothing with which you cover yourself.