his father and mother must seize him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city.

‘Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

If you happen to notice a bird’s nest along the road, whether in a tree or on the ground, and there are chicks or eggs with the mother bird sitting on them, you must not take the mother from the young.

‘Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with his mother-in-law.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail,

Then the father and mother of the young woman must produce the evidence of virginity for the elders of the city at the gate.

‘Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with his sister, the daughter of either his father or mother.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

You must be sure to let the mother go, but you may take the young for yourself. Do this so that it may go well with you and you may have a long life.

discard the clothing she was wearing when captured, and stay in your house, lamenting for her father and mother for a full month. After that you may have sexual relations with her and become her husband and she your wife.

He said to his father and mother, “I have not seen him,” and he did not acknowledge his own brothers or know his own children, for they kept your word, and guarded your covenant.

Honor your father and your mother just as the Lord your God has commanded you to do, so that your days may be extended and that it may go well with you in the land that he is about to give you.

You may not eat any corpse, though you may give it to the resident foreigner who is living in your villages and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. You are a people holy to the Lord your God. Do not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Suppose your own full brother, your son, your daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend should seduce you secretly and encourage you to go and serve other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have previously known,

A person of illegitimate birth may not enter the assembly of the Lord; to the tenth generation no one related to him may do so.