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The Book of Deuteronomy, Chapter 22, Verse 8

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[But] thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and [that] thou mayest prolong [thy] days.
King James Version
When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.
American Standard Version
When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any man fall from thence.
New English Translation
If you build a new house, you must construct a guard rail around your roof to avoid being culpable in the event someone should fall from it.
World English Bible
When you build a new house, then you shall make a battlement for your roof, that you don't bring blood on your house, if any man fall from there.
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Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.
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Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
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Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, [as] of woollen and linen together.
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Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest [thyself].
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If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,
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And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:
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Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth [the tokens of] the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:
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And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
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And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech [against her], saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these [are the tokens of] my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.
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And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;