Furthermore, he must not marry many<n id="1" /> wives lest his affections turn aside, and he must not accumulate much silver and gold.

<t /><p class="bodytext">The Levitical priests<n id="1" /> &#8211; indeed, the entire tribe of Levi &#8211; will have no allotment or inheritance with Israel; they may eat the burnt offerings of the <sc>Lordsc> and of his inheritance.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">When you enter the land the <sc>Lordsc> your God is giving you, you must not learn the abhorrent practices of those nations.

I will personally hold responsible<n id="1" /> anyone who then pays no attention to the words that prophet<n id="2" /> speaks in my name.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">You must not encroach on your neighbor&#8217;s property,<n id="1" /> which will have been defined<n id="2" /> in the inheritance you will obtain in the land the <sc>Lordsc> your God is giving you.<n id="3" />p>

This is how you are to deal with all those cities located far from you, those that do not belong to these nearby nations.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">As for the cities of these peoples that<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> your God is going to give you as an inheritance, you must not allow a single living thing<n id="2" /> to survive.

so that they cannot teach you all the abhorrent ways they worship<n id="1" /> their gods, causing you to sin against the <sc>Lordsc> your God.

<t /><p class="bodytext">If a homicide victim<n id="1" /> should be found lying in a field in the land the <sc>Lordsc> your God is giving you,<n id="2" /> and no one knows who killed<n id="3" /> him,

<t /><p class="bodytext">When you see<n id="1" /> your neighbor&#8217;s<n id="2" /> ox or sheep going astray, do not ignore it;<n id="3" /> you must return it without fail<n id="4" /> to your neighbor.

You shall do the same to his donkey, his clothes, or anything else your neighbor<n id="1" /> has lost and you have found; you must not refuse to get involved.<n id="2" />

When you see<n id="1" /> your neighbor&#8217;s donkey or ox fallen along the road, do not ignore it;<n id="2" /> instead, you must be sure<n id="3" /> to help him get the animal on its feet again.<n id="4" />p>

<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>

Moreover, he has raised accusations of impropriety by saying, &#8216;I discovered your daughter was not a virgin,&#8217; but this is the evidence of my daughter&#8217;s virginity!&#8221; The cloth must then be spread out<n id="1" /> before the city&#8217;s elders.

You must never bring the pay of a female prostitute<n id="1" /> or the wage of a male prostitute<n id="2" /> into the temple of the <sc>Lordsc> your God in fulfillment of any vow, for both of these are abhorrent to the <sc>Lordsc> your God.p>

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" />

When you go into the ripe grain fields of your neighbor you may pluck off the kernels with your hand,<n id="1" /> but you must not use a sickle on your neighbor&#8217;s ripe grain.p>

The judge<n id="1" /> may sentence him to forty blows,<n id="2" /> but no more. If he is struck with more than these, you might view your fellow Israelite<n id="3" /> with contempt.p>

&#8216;Cursed is the one who refuses to keep the words of this law.&#8217; Then all the people will say, &#8216;Amen!&#8217;p>

As for the produce of your land and all your labor, a people you do not know will consume it, and you will be nothing but oppressed and crushed for the rest of your lives.