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But an oath made by a widow or one who is no longer married to her husband, and every undertaking she has given, will have force.

But if her husband, on hearing of it, made them without force or effect, then whatever she has said about her oaths or her undertaking has no force: her husband has made them without effect, and she will have the Lord's forgiveness.

But if the days go on, and her husband says nothing whatever to her, then he is giving the support of his authority to her oaths and undertakings, because at the time of hearing them he said nothing to her.

But if at some time after hearing of them, he makes them without force, then he is responsible for her wrongdoing.

But all the female children who have had no sex relations with men, you may keep for yourselves.

But gold and silver and brass and iron and tin and lead,

And anything which may be heated, is to go through the fire and be made clean; but in addition it is to be put in the water of cleaning: and anything which may not go through the fire is to be put in the water.

But only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua, the son of Nun: because they have been true to the Lord.

But we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel till we have taken them to their place: but our little ones will be safe in the walled towns against the people of the land.

But if you do not do this, then you are sinners against the Lord; and you may be certain that your sin will have its reward.

But your servants will go over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to the fight, as my lord says.

But if they do not go over with you armed, they will have to take their heritage with you in the land of Canaan.

But if you are slow in driving out the people of the land, then those of them who are still there will be like pin-points in your eyes and like thorns in your sides, troubling you in the land where you are living.

But if a man gives another man a blow with an iron instrument, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.

But if a man has given a wound to another suddenly and not in hate, or without design has sent something against him,

But if ever he goes outside the walls of the safe town where he had gone in flight,

Because he had been ordered to keep inside the safe town till the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the taker of life may come back to the place of his heritage.

Anyone causing the death of another is himself to be put to death on the word of witnesses: but the word of one witness is not enough.

So do not make the land where you are living unholy: for blood makes the land unholy: and there is no way of making the land free from the blood which has come on it, but only by the death of him who was the cause of it.

This is the order of the Lord about the daughters of Zelophehad: The Lord says, Let them take as their husbands whoever is most pleasing to them, but only among the family of their father's tribe.