You must not shed innocent blood<n id="1" /> in your land that the <sc>Lordsc> your God is giving you as an inheritance, for that would make you guilty.<n id="2" />

However, suppose a person hates someone else<n id="1" /> and stalks him, attacks him, kills him,<n id="2" /> and then flees to one of these cities.

then both parties to the controversy must stand before the <sc>Lordsc>, that is, before the priests and judges<n id="1" /> who will be in office in those days.

If you are not pleased with her, then you must let her go<n id="1" /> where she pleases. You cannot in any case sell<n id="2" /> her;<n id="3" /> you must not take advantage of<n id="4" /> her, since you have already humiliated<n id="5" /> her.p>

<p class="bodytext">If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail,<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">A woman must not wear men&#8217;s clothing,<n id="1" /> nor should a man dress up in women&#8217;s clothing, for anyone who does this is offensive<n id="2" /> to the <sc>Lordsc> your God.p>

You must not hate an Edomite, for he is your relative;<n id="1" /> you must not hate an Egyptian, for you lived as a foreigner<n id="2" /> in his land.

When you make a vow to the <sc>Lordsc> your God you must not delay in fulfilling it, for otherwise he<n id="1" /> will surely<n id="2" /> hold you accountable as a sinner.<n id="3" />

You must by all means<n id="1" /> return to him at sunset the item he gave you as security so that he may sleep in his outer garment and bless you for it; it will be considered a just<n id="2" /> deed by the <sc>Lordsc> your God.p>

Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the <sc>Lordsc> your God redeemed you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do all this.

Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt; therefore, I am commanding you to do all this.p>

<p class="bodytext">If controversy arises between people,<n id="1" /> they should go to court for judgment. When the judges<n id="2" /> hear the case, they shall exonerate<n id="3" /> the innocent but condemn<n id="4" /> the guilty.

Then<n id="1" /> the first son<n id="2" /> she bears will continue the name of the dead brother, thus preventing his name from being blotted out of Israel.

<t /><p class="bodytext">When<n id="1" /> you enter the land that the <sc>Lordsc> your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you occupy it and live in it,

Today you have declared the <sc>Lordsc> to be your God, and that you will walk in his ways, keep his statutes, commandments, and ordinances, and obey him.

And today the <sc>Lordsc> has declared you to be his special people (as he already promised you) so you may keep all his commandments.

Then<n id="1" /> he will elevate you above all the nations he has made and you will receive praise, fame, and honor.<n id="2" /> You will<n id="3" /> be a people holy to the <sc>Lordsc> your God, as he has said.p>

So when you cross the Jordan you must erect on Mount Ebal<n id="1" /> these stones about which I am commanding you today, and you must cover them with plaster.

<p class="bodytext">Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel: &#8220;Be quiet and pay attention, Israel. Today you have become the people of the <sc>Lordsc> your God.

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> will allow you to be struck down before your enemies; you will attack them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions and will become an object of terror<n id="1" /> to all the kingdoms of the earth.