Deuteronomy 22:5

22:5 A woman must not wear men’s clothing, ¹  nor should a man dress up in women’s clothing, for anyone who does this is offensive ²  to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 22:13

Purity in the Marriage Relationship

22:13 Suppose a man marries a woman, has sexual relations with her, ³  and then rejects ⁴  her,

Deuteronomy 20:7

20:7 Or who among you ⁵  has become engaged to a woman but has not married her? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else marry her.”

Deuteronomy 28:30

28:30 You will be engaged to a woman and another man will rape ⁶  her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not even begin to use it.

Deuteronomy 17:2

17:2 Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you – in one of your villages ⁷  that the Lord your God is giving you – who sins before the Lord your God ⁸  and breaks his covenant

Deuteronomy 22:22

22:22 If a man is caught having sexual relations with ⁹  a married woman ¹⁰  both the man who had relations with the woman and the woman herself must die; in this way you will purge ¹¹  evil from Israel.

Deuteronomy 24:1

24:1 If a man marries a woman and she does not please him because he has found something offensive ¹²  in her, then he may draw up a divorce document, give it to her, and evict her from his house.

Deuteronomy 24:5

24:5 When a man is newly married, he need not go into ¹³  the army nor be obligated in any way; he must be free to stay at home for a full year and bring joy to ¹⁴  the wife he has married.

Deuteronomy 29:18

29:18 Beware that the heart of no man, woman, clan, or tribe among you turns away from the Lord our God today to pursue and serve the gods of those nations; beware that there is among you no root producing poisonous and bitter fruit. ¹⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “a man’s clothing.”

² tn The Hebrew term תּוֹעֵבָה (to’evah, “offense”) speaks of anything that runs counter to ritual or moral order, especially (in the OT) to divine standards. Cross-dressing in this covenant context may suggest homosexuality, fertility cult ritual, or some other forbidden practice.

³ tn Heb “goes to her,” a Hebrew euphemistic idiom for sexual relations.

⁴ tn Heb “hate.” See note on the word “other” in Deut 21:15. Cf. NAB “comes to dislike”; NASB “turns against”; TEV “decides he doesn’t want.”

⁵ tn Heb “Who [is] the man.”

⁷ tc For MT reading שָׁגַל (shagal, “ravish; violate”), the Syriac, Targum, and Vulgate presume the less violent שָׁכַב (shakhav, “lie with”). The unexpected counterpart to betrothal here favors the originality of the MT.

⁹ tn Heb “gates.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “does the evil in the eyes of the Lord your God.”

¹¹ tn Heb “lying with” (so KJV, NASB), a Hebrew idiom for sexual relations.

¹² tn Heb “a woman married to a husband.”

¹³ tn Heb “burn.” See note on the phrase “purge out” in Deut 21:21.

¹³ tn Heb “nakedness of a thing.” The Hebrew phrase עֶרְוַת דָּבָר (’ervat davar) refers here to some gross sexual impropriety (see note on “indecent” in Deut 23:14). Though the term usually has to do only with indecent exposure of the genitals, it can also include such behavior as adultery (cf. Lev 18:6-18; 20:11, 17, 20-21; Ezek 22:10; 23:29; Hos 2:10).

¹⁵ tn Heb “go out with.”

¹⁶ tc For the MT’s reading Piel שִׂמַּח (simmakh, “bring joy to”), the Syriac and others read שָׂמַח (samakh, “enjoy”).

¹⁷ tn Heb “yielding fruit poisonous and wormwood.” The Hebrew noun לַעֲנָה (la’anah) literally means “wormwood” (so KJV, ASV, NAB, NASB), but is used figuratively for anything extremely bitter, thus here “fruit poisonous and bitter.”