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But any prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, or who presumes to speak in my name a word that I have not commanded the prophet to speak—that prophet shall die."

If a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord but the thing does not take place or prove true, it is a word that the Lord has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; do not be frightened by it.

But if the distance is too great, the avenger of blood in hot anger might pursue and overtake and put the killer to death, although a death sentence was not deserved, since the two had not been at enmity before.

But if someone at enmity with another lies in wait and attacks and takes the life of that person, and flees into one of these cities,

Then the officials shall address the troops, saying, "Has anyone built a new house but not dedicated it? He should go back to his house, or he might die in the battle and another dedicate it.

Has anyone planted a vineyard but not yet enjoyed its fruit? He should go back to his house, or he might die in the battle and another be first to enjoy its fruit.

Has anyone become engaged to a woman but not yet married her? He should go back to his house, or he might die in the battle and another marry her."

If it does not submit to you peacefully, but makes war against you, then you shall besiege it;

But as for the towns of these peoples that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not let anything that breathes remain alive.

But if you are not satisfied with her, you shall let her go free and not sell her for money. You must not treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.

Suppose a man marries a woman, but after going in to her, he dislikes her

and makes up charges against her, slandering her by saying, "I married this woman; but when I lay with her, I did not find evidence of her virginity."

The father of the young woman shall say to the elders: "I gave my daughter in marriage to this man but he dislikes her;

now he has made up charges against her, saying, ‘I did not find evidence of your daughter's virginity.' But here is the evidence of my daughter's virginity." Then they shall spread out the cloth before the elders of the town.

But if the man meets the engaged woman in the open country, and the man seizes her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die.

Since he found her in the open country, the engaged woman may have cried for help, but there was no one to rescue her.

On loans to a foreigner you may charge interest, but on loans to another Israelite you may not charge interest, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all your undertakings in the land that you are about to enter and possess.

But if you refrain from vowing, you will not incur guilt.

If you go into your neighbor's vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, as many as you wish, but you shall not put any in a container.

If you go into your neighbor's standing grain, you may pluck the ears with your hand, but you shall not put a sickle to your neighbor's standing grain.