Deuteronomy 22:7-9

Easy-to-Read Version

⁷You may take the babies for yourself, but you must let the mother go. If you obey these laws, things will go well for you, and you will live a long time.

⁸“When you build a new house, you must build a wall around your roof.^[a] Then you will not be guilty for the death of a person who falls from the house.

Things That Must Not Be Put Together

⁹“You must not plant seeds of grain in the same fields as your grapevines. Why? Because then they become useless^[b]—both the grapes and the grain produced by the seeds you planted.

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Footnotes

Deuteronomy 22:8 wall around your roof In ancient Israel, houses had flat roofs that were used as an extra room. This law made the roof a safer place.
Deuteronomy 22:9 they become useless Literally, “they become holy.” This means these things belonged only to God, so they couldn’t be used by the people.