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Advice Concerning Women

(Cp Num 5:11–15)

9 Do not be jealous of the wife of your bosom,

or you will teach her an evil lesson to your own hurt.

2 Do not give yourself to a woman

and let her trample down your strength.

3 Do not go near a loose woman,

or you will fall into her snares.

4 Do not dally with a singing girl,

or you will be caught by her tricks.

5 Do not look intently at a virgin,

or you may stumble and incur penalties for her.

6 Do not give yourself to prostitutes,

or you may lose your inheritance.

7 Do not look around in the streets of a city,

or wander about in its deserted sections.

8 Turn away your eyes from a shapely woman,

and do not gaze at beauty belonging to another;

many have been seduced by a woman’s beauty,

and by it passion is kindled like a fire.

9 Never dine with another man’s wife,

or revel with her at wine;

or your heart may turn aside to her,

and in blooda you may be plunged into destruction.

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