Deuteronomy 21:16   (Read all of Deuteronomy 21)

when he wills his property to his sons, he must not give the rights of the firstborn to the son of the wife he loves in preference to his actual firstborn, the son of the wife he does not love.

Deuteronomy 21:17   (Read all of Deuteronomy 21)

He must acknowledge the son of his unloved wife as the firstborn by giving him a double share of all he has. That son is the first sign of his father's strength. The right of the firstborn belongs to him.

Deuteronomy 21:18   (Read all of Deuteronomy 21)

If someone has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him,

Deuteronomy 21:19   (Read all of Deuteronomy 21)

his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his town.

Deuteronomy 21:20   (Read all of Deuteronomy 21)

They shall say to the elders, "This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard."

Deuteronomy 21:21   (Read all of Deuteronomy 21)

Then all the men of his town are to stone him to death. You must purge the evil from among you. All Israel will hear of it and be afraid.

Deuteronomy 21:22   (Read all of Deuteronomy 21)

If someone guilty of a capital offense is put to death and their body is exposed on a pole,

Deuteronomy 21:23   (Read all of Deuteronomy 21)

you must not leave the body hanging on the pole overnight. Be sure to bury it that same day, because anyone who is hung on a pole is under God's curse. You must not desecrate the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

Deuteronomy 22:1   (Read all of Deuteronomy 22)

If you see your fellow Israelite's ox or sheep straying, do not ignore it but be sure to take it back to its owner.

Deuteronomy 22:3   (Read all of Deuteronomy 22)

Do the same if you find their donkey or cloak or anything else they have lost. Do not ignore it.

Deuteronomy 22:4   (Read all of Deuteronomy 22)

If you see your fellow Israelite's donkey or ox fallen on the road, do not ignore it. Help the owner get it to its feet.

Deuteronomy 22:6   (Read all of Deuteronomy 22)

If you come across a bird's nest beside the road, either in a tree or on the ground, and the mother is sitting on the young or on the eggs, do not take the mother with the young.

Deuteronomy 22:7   (Read all of Deuteronomy 22)

You may take the young, but be sure to let the mother go, so that it may go well with you and you may have a long life.

Deuteronomy 22:8   (Read all of Deuteronomy 22)

When you build a new house, make a parapet around your roof so that you may not bring the guilt of bloodshed on your house if someone falls from the roof.

Deuteronomy 22:9   (Read all of Deuteronomy 22)

Do not plant two kinds of seed in your vineyard; if you do, not only the crops you plant but also the fruit of the vineyard will be defiled.

Deuteronomy 22:13   (Read all of Deuteronomy 22)

If a man takes a wife and, after sleeping with her, dislikes her

Deuteronomy 22:14   (Read all of Deuteronomy 22)

and slanders her and gives her a bad name, saying, "I married this woman, but when I approached her, I did not find proof of her virginity,"

Deuteronomy 22:15   (Read all of Deuteronomy 22)

then the young woman's father and mother shall bring to the town elders at the gate proof that she was a virgin.

Deuteronomy 22:16   (Read all of Deuteronomy 22)

Her father will say to the elders, "I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he dislikes her.

Deuteronomy 22:17   (Read all of Deuteronomy 22)

Now he has slandered her and said, 'I did not find your daughter to be a virgin.' But here is the proof of my daughter's virginity." Then her parents shall display the cloth before the elders of the town,

Deuteronomy 22:18   (Read all of Deuteronomy 22)

and the elders shall take the man and punish him.

Deuteronomy 22:19   (Read all of Deuteronomy 22)

They shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman's father, because this man has given an Israelite virgin a bad name. She shall continue to be his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.

Deuteronomy 22:21   (Read all of Deuteronomy 22)

she shall be brought to the door of her father's house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death. She has done an outrageous thing in Israel by being promiscuous while still in her father's house. You must purge the evil from among you.

Deuteronomy 22:22   (Read all of Deuteronomy 22)

If a man is found sleeping with another man's wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.