7. You may take the young birds. But you must let the mother bird go free. Then things will go well for you. And you will live a long time.
8. When you build a new house, build a wall around the roof. Then you will not be guilty of murder if someone falls off the roof.
9. Don’t plant two different kinds of seeds in your vineyard. Otherwise, both crops will be ruined.
10. Don’t plow with an ox and a donkey tied together.
11. Don’t wear clothes made of wool and linen woven together.
12. Tie several pieces of thread together. Then put these tassels on the four corners of your coat.
13. A man might marry a girl and have intimate relations with her. But he might decide that he does not like her.
14. So he might lie about her and give her a bad name. He might say, “I married this woman. But when I had intimate relations with her, I did not find that she was a virgin.”
15. Then the girl’s parents must bring proof that she was a virgin. They must bring it to the elders at the city gate.
16. The girl’s father will say to the leaders, “I gave my daughter to this man to be his wife. But now he does not want her.
17. This man has told lies about my daughter. He has said, ‘I did not find your daughter to be a virgin.’ But here is the proof that my daughter was a virgin.” Then her parents are to show the sheet to the city leaders.
18. Then the leaders must take the man and punish him.