Read Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19 at Bible Gateway.
The Hebrew paragraph divisions for Ki Tetze number 44 and are listed here.
Deu 21:10-25:19 {sx42+p+p} Chiastic structure
The expanded structure for 1A, Do not commit adultery, is here.
Isn’t it interesting that the central axis of the whole structure, which has the theme, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, is Do not bear false witness, which is evil speaking. Our society tends to think of telling little “white” lies as the most harmless breaking of the Ten Commandments; but that is not what Torah is teaching us. A lie is like a seed, which, when planted in the heart and mind, can bear all manner of evil fruit. This is why the lie is the weapon of choice for the father of lies (Joh 8:44).
(P.S. The study linked above, Lies are not harmless, is part of the Training to believe and feel truth series. The Training index contains all the correct links.)
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