Deuteronomy 22:5-15

5 "A woman shall not wear man's clothing, nor shall a man put on a woman's clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD your God.
6 "If you happen to come upon a bird's nest along the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, 1you shall not take the mother with the young;
7 you shall certainly let the mother go, but the young you may take for yourself, 2in order that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days.
8 "When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof, so that you will not bring bloodguilt on your house if anyone falls from it.
9 "3You shall not sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed, or all the produce of the seed which you have sown and the increase of the vineyard will become defiled.
10 "4You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together.
11 "5You shall not wear a material mixed of wool and linen together.
12 "6You shall make yourself tassels on the four corners of your garment with which you cover yourself.

Laws on Morality

13 "7If any man takes a wife and goes in to her and then turns against her,
14 and charges her with shameful deeds and publicly defames * her, and says, 'I took this woman, but when I came near her, I did not find her a virgin,'
15 then the girl's father and her mother shall take and bring out the evidence of the girl's virginity to the elders of the city at the gate.

Deuteronomy 22:5-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 22

In this chapter are various laws, concerning care of a neighbour's cattle gone astray or in distress, and of anything lost by him, De 22:1-4, forbidding one sex to wear the apparel, of another, De 22:5 and the taking away of the dam with the young found in a bird's nest, De 22:6,7, ordering battlements to be made in a new house, De 22:8, prohibiting mixtures in sowing, ploughing, and in garments, De 22:9-11, requiring fringes on the four quarters of a garment, De 22:12, fining a man that slanders his wife, upon producing the tokens of her virginity, De 22:13-19 but if these cannot be produced, then orders are given that she be put to death, De 22:20-21, then follow other laws, punishing with death the adulterer and adulteress, and one that hath ravished a betrothed damsel, De 22:22-27, amercing a person that lies with a virgin not betrothed and she consenting, and obliging him to marry her, and not suffering him to divorce her, De 22:28-29 and another against a man's lying with his father's wife, De 22:30.

Cross References 7

  • 1. Leviticus 22:28
  • 2. Deuteronomy 4:40
  • 3. Leviticus 19:19
  • 4. 2 Corinthians 6:14-16
  • 5. Leviticus 19:19
  • 6. Numbers 15:37-41; Matthew 23:5
  • 7. Genesis 29:21; Deuteronomy 24:1; Judges 15:1

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Lit "the fullness"
  • [b]. Lit "hates her"
  • [c]. Lit "causes an evil name to go out against her"
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