"If[two] men,a manand his countryman,are strugglingtogether,and the wifeof onecomesnearto deliverher husbandfrom the handof the one who is strikinghim, and putsout her handand seizeshis genitals,
And why not [say] (as we are slanderously reportedand as someclaimthat we say),"Let us doevilthat goodmay come"? Their condemnationis just.
"In Israelhis nameshall be called,'The houseof him whose sandalis removed.'
then you shall cutoffher hand;you shall not showpity.
Likewise,[I want] womento adornthemselveswith properclothing,modestlyand discreetly,not with braided hairand goldorpearlsorcostlygarments,
