5 A 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 woman אִשָּׁ֔ה H802 Noun - feminine singular must not לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle wear יִהְיֶ֤ה H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular . . . עַל־ H5921 Preposition men’s גֶ֙בֶר֙ H1397 Noun - masculine singular clothing כְלִי־ H3627 Noun - masculine singular construct and a man גֶּ֖בֶר H1397 Noun - masculine singular must not וְלֹא־ H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle wear יִלְבַּ֥שׁ H3847 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular women’s אִשָּׁ֑ה H802 Noun - feminine singular clothing שִׂמְלַ֣ת H8071 Noun - feminine singular construct for כִּ֧י H3588 Conjunction whoever כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct does עֹ֥שֵׂה H6213 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct these things אֵֽלֶּה׃פ H428 Pronoun - common plural is detestable תוֹעֲבַ֛ת H8441 Noun - feminine singular construct to the LORD יְהוָ֥ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular your God אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ H430 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular