Deuteronomy 22:8

Various Laws · Deuteronomy 22:1–12
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Translations

Modern
If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.
Traditional
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.
Literal
When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof, that you may not bring blood on your house if anyone falls down from it.
Latin
Cum ædificaveris domum novam, facies murum tecti per circuitum: ne effundatur sanguis in domo tua, et sis reus labente alio, et in præceps ruente.

Original

Hebrew
English
If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.

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Glossary

Archaeology and the Bible Architecture Battlement Biblical Concept of Law Covenant Deuteronomy, Book of Parapet

Topics

Battlements: On the Roofs of Houses Homicide: Felonious, or Murder House: Architecture of Battlements Required in Mosaic Law Houses: The Flat Roofs of Surrounded with Battlements