Deuteronomy 22 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition（CEVDCI）

Helping OthersMoses said to Israel:

1 The Lord your God is disgusted with people who do that.

Don't Take a Mother BirdMoses said to Israel:

6-7As you walk along the road, you might see a bird's nest in a tree or on the ground. If the mother bird is in the nest with either her eggs or her baby birds, you are allowed to take the baby birds or the eggs, but not the mother bird. Let her go free, and the Lord will bless you with a long and successful life.

Put a Wall around Your Flat Roof

8If you build a house, make sure to put a low wall around the edge of the flat roof. Then if someone falls off the roof and is killed, it won't be your fault.

Laws against Mixing Different ThingsMoses said to Israel:

9 or wool, but not both together.

12 And the woman is guilty because she didn't call for help, even though she was inside a town and people were nearby. Take them both to the town gate and stone them to death. You must get rid of the evil they brought into your community.

25 can never divorce her.

30 Lv 18.8; 20.11; Dt 27.14-26. A man must not marry a woman who was married to his father. This would be a disgrace to his father.