If a virgin is engaged to a man and another man meets ¹  her in the city and has sexual relations with ²  her,

You have eaten no bread and drunk no wine or beer – all so that you might know that I ¹  am the Lord your God!

They will teach Jacob your ordinances and Israel your law; they will offer incense as a pleasant odor, and a whole offering on your altar.

his body must not remain all night on the tree; instead you must make certain you bury ¹  him that same day, for the one who is left exposed ²  on a tree is cursed by God. ³  You must not defile your land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

Then all the men of his city must stone him to death. In this way you will purge out ¹  wickedness from among you, and all Israel ²  will hear about it and be afraid.

If a man is found kidnapping a person from among his fellow Israelites, ¹  and regards him as mere property ²  and sells him, that kidnapper ³  must die. In this way you will purge ⁴  evil from among you.

They will besiege all of your villages ¹  until all of your high and fortified walls collapse – those in which you put your confidence throughout the land. They will besiege all your villages throughout the land the Lord your God has given you.

You have joy, Israel! Who is like you? You are a people delivered by the Lord, your protective shield and your exalted sword. May your enemies cringe before you; may you trample on their backs.

So it was in the Transjordan, in Moab, that Moses began to deliver these words: ¹ 

Indeed, it was the very hand of the Lord that eliminated them from within ¹  the camp until they were all gone.

Do not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God will personally fight for you.”

You must not tremble in their presence, for the Lord your God, who is present among you, is a great and awesome God.

Be careful ¹  not to say, “My own ability and skill ²  have gotten me this wealth.”

You must not do like we are doing here today, with everyone ¹  doing what seems best to him,

The judges will thoroughly investigate the matter, and if the witness should prove to be false and to have given false testimony against the accused, ¹ 

But if the accusation is true and the young woman was not a virgin,

“Because you have not served the Lord your God joyfully and wholeheartedly with the abundance of everything you have,

Then all the nations will ask, “Why has the Lord done all this to this land? What is this fierce, heated display of anger ¹  all about?”

That is why the Lord’s anger erupted against this land, bringing on it all the curses ¹  written in this scroll.

His people have been unfaithful ¹  to him; they have not acted like his children ²  – this is their sin. ³  They are a perverse ⁴  and deceitful generation.