5A woman must not wear men’s clothing, and a man must not wear women’s clothing, for whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD your God.
Focused Passage
Deuteronomy 22:5
Covenant Order: Neighbor, Creation, and Sexual Holiness
The chapter moves from concrete acts of community care for neighbor and creature (vv. 1–8), through laws protecting created distinctions in the natural order (vv. 9–12), into a sustained legislation of sexual holiness, marital fidelity, and covenant purity (vv. 13–30), grounding neighbor-love and sexual ethics together in the covenant order Israel bears before God.
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Verse 5
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A womanאִשָּׁ֔הH802Noun - feminine singularmust notלֹא־H3808Adverb - Negative particlewearיִהְיֶ֤הH1961Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular. . .עַל־H5921Prepositionmen’sגֶ֙בֶר֙H1397Noun - masculine singularclothingכְלִי־H3627Noun - masculine singular constructand a manגֶּ֖בֶרH1397Noun - masculine singularmust notוְלֹא־H3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particlewearיִלְבַּ֥שׁH3847Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularwomen’sאִשָּׁ֑הH802Noun - feminine singularclothingשִׂמְלַ֣תH8071Noun - feminine singular constructforכִּ֧יH3588Conjunctionwhoeverכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructdoesעֹ֥שֵׂהH6213Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular constructthese thingsאֵֽלֶּה׃פH428Pronoun - common pluralis detestableתוֹעֲבַ֛תH8441Noun - feminine singular constructto the LORDיְהוָ֥הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularyour Godאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָH430Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular