Deuteronomy 17:2

17:2 Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you – in one of your villages ¹  that the Lord your God is giving you – who sins before the Lord your God ²  and breaks his covenant

Deuteronomy 20:7

20:7 Or who among you ³  has become engaged to a woman but has not married her? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else marry her.”

Deuteronomy 22:5

22:5 A woman must not wear men’s clothing, ⁴  nor should a man dress up in women’s clothing, for anyone who does this is offensive ⁵  to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 22:14

22:14 accusing her of impropriety ⁶  and defaming her reputation ⁷  by saying, “I married this woman but when I had sexual relations ⁸  with her I discovered she was not a virgin!”

Deuteronomy 22:26

22:26 You must not do anything to the young woman – she has done nothing deserving of death. This case is the same as when someone attacks another person ⁹  and murders him,

Deuteronomy 24:1

24:1 If a man marries a woman and she does not please him because he has found something offensive ¹⁰  in her, then he may draw up a divorce document, give it to her, and evict her from his house.

Deuteronomy 28:30

28:30 You will be engaged to a woman and another man will rape ¹¹  her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not even begin to use it.

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¹ tn Heb “gates.”

² tn Heb “does the evil in the eyes of the Lord your God.”

³ tn Heb “Who [is] the man.”

⁴ tn Heb “a man’s clothing.”

⁵ tn The Hebrew term תּוֹעֵבָה (to’evah, “offense”) speaks of anything that runs counter to ritual or moral order, especially (in the OT) to divine standards. Cross-dressing in this covenant context may suggest homosexuality, fertility cult ritual, or some other forbidden practice.

⁶ tn Heb “deeds of things”; NRSV “makes up charges against her”; NIV “slanders her.”

⁷ tn Heb “brings against her a bad name”; NIV “gives her a bad name.”

⁸ tn Heb “drew near to her.” This is another Hebrew euphemism for having sexual relations.

⁹ tn Heb “his neighbor.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “nakedness of a thing.” The Hebrew phrase עֶרְוַת דָּבָר (’ervat davar) refers here to some gross sexual impropriety (see note on “indecent” in Deut 23:14). Though the term usually has to do only with indecent exposure of the genitals, it can also include such behavior as adultery (cf. Lev 18:6-18; 20:11, 17, 20-21; Ezek 22:10; 23:29; Hos 2:10).

¹¹ tc For MT reading שָׁגַל (shagal, “ravish; violate”), the Syriac, Targum, and Vulgate presume the less violent שָׁכַב (shakhav, “lie with”). The unexpected counterpart to betrothal here favors the originality of the MT.