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And then the father of the young woman shall say to the elders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man as wife, but he now dislikes her,

and now look he has accused her falsely, saying, "I did not find your daughter a virgin," but here is evidence of the virginity of my daughter'; and they shall spread the cloth out before the elders of the city.

"But if this charge was true, and the signs of virginity were not found for the young woman,

"But if the man finds the young engaged woman in the field and the man overpowers her and he has sex with her, then the man only must die who lay with her.

But you shall not do anything to the young woman, for there is not reckoned against the young woman a sin deserving death; it is similar to when a man rises up against his neighbor and murders him, a fellow human being, just so is this case,

for he found her in the field, the engaged young woman cried out, but there was no rescuer to help her.

But Yahweh your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, and Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because Yahweh your God loved you.

You may lend on interest to the foreigner, but to your countryman you may not lend on interest, so that Yahweh your God may bless you in all your undertakings in the land where you are going, in order to take possession of it.

"When you come into the vineyard of your neighbor, then you may eat grapes as you please and until you are full, but you shall not put any into your container.

"When you come into the standing grain of your neighbor, then you may pluck ears with your hand, but you may not swing a sickle among the standing grain of your neighbor."

But if the man does not want to take his sister-in-law, then his sister-in-law shall go up to the gate, to the elders, and she shall say, ‘My brother-in-law refused to perpetuate his brother's name in Israel, for he is not willing to marry me.'

And you shall build an altar there for Yahweh your God, an altar of stone, but you shall not use an iron tool to shape the stones.

"Yahweh will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you; on one road they shall come out against you, but on seven roads they shall flee before you.

"Yahweh shall cause you to be defeated before your enemies; on one road you shall go against them, but you will flee on seven roads before them, and you shall become a thing of horror to all of the kingdoms of the earth.

You shall become engaged to a woman, but another man shall sleep with her; you shall build a house, but you shall not live in it; a vineyard you shall plant, but you shall not enjoy it.

Your sons and your daughters shall be given to other people, and you will be looking on longingly for them all day, but you will be powerless to do anything.

"You shall carry out much seed to the field, but you shall gather little produce, for the locust shall devour it.

You shall plant vineyards and you shall dress them, but you shall not drink wine and you shall not gather grapes, for the worm shall eat it.

There shall be olive trees for you in all of your territory, but you shall not anoint yourself, for your olives shall drop off.

You shall bear sons and daughters, but they shall not be yours, for they shall go into captivity.