Deuteronomy 22

“Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring…” Naming Thou keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy…” The line’s distinctive content terms include lost, brother’s, hide. Its relationship to verses 2 and 4 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely…” Naming Thou keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or…” The line’s distinctive content terms include young, eggs, bird’s. Its relationship to verses 5 and 7 shows what work it does in this passage.

“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…” The line’s distinctive content terms include days, mayest, prolong. Its relationship to verses 6 and 8 shows what work it does in this passage.

“When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine…” The line’s distinctive content terms include house, battlement, blood. Its relationship to verses 7 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of…” Naming Thou keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.” Naming Thou keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.” Naming Thou keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.” The number four makes the report concrete. Ask whether it measures time, people, distance, repetition, or completeness before deciding what weight it carries.

“If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,” The line’s distinctive content terms include hate, wife. Its relationship to verses 12 and 14 shows what work it does in this passage.

“And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I…” The line’s distinctive content terms include evil, maid, name. Its relationship to verses 13 and 15 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel’s virginity unto…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:” The line’s distinctive content terms include damsel, thing, tokens. Its relationship to verses 19 and 21 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;” The line’s distinctive content terms include betrothed, city, damsel. Its relationship to verses 22 and 24 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth…” The line’s distinctive content terms include damsel, death, matter. Its relationship to verses 25 and 27 shows what work it does in this passage.

“For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be…” The line’s distinctive content terms include betrothed, damsel, find. Its relationship to verses 27 and 29 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.