§ 149. If that woman is not content to dwell in the house of her husband, he shall pay her her marriage portion which she brought from her father’s house and she shall go off.
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§ 150. If a man has presented to his wife field, garden, house, or goods, has left her a sealed deed, after her husband’s death her children shall not dispute with her. The mother shall give after her to the child whom she loves. ‘To brothers she shall not give. : er
§ 151. If a woman, who is dwelling in the house of a man, has bound her husband that she shall not be seized on account of a creditor of her husband’s, has got a deed granted her ; if that man before he married that woman had a dekt upon him, his creditor shall not seize his wife. Further, if that woman before she entered the man’s house had a debt upon her, her creditor shall not seize her husband,
§ 152. If from the time that that woman entered into the house of the man a debt has come upon them, both together they shall answer the mer- chant.
§ 153. If a man’s wife on account of another male has caused her husband to be killed, that woman shall be impaled. [Dt 2172-?9],
§ 154. If a man has known his daughter, that man one shall expel from the city.
§ 155. If a man has betrothed a bride to his son and his son has known her, and he afterwards has lain in her bosom and one has caught him, that man one shall bind (strangle?) and cast her into the waters. [Gn 244%],
§ 156. If a man has betrothed a bride to his son and his son has not known her, and he hag lain in her bosom, he shall pay her half a mina of silver. Further, he shall pay to her whatever she brought from her father’s house, and she shall marry the husband of her choice. [Ex 226, Ly 2012, Dt 228],
§ 157. If a man, after his father’s death, has lain in the bosom of his mother, one shall burn them both together. [Ly 20%].
§ 158. If a man, after his father’s death, has been caught in the bosom of his head wife who has borne children, that man shall be cut off from his father’s house. [Ly 20", Dt 223°},
§ 159. If a man, who has brought in a present to the house of his (prospective) father-in-law, has given a bride -price, has looked upon another woman, and has said to his father-in-law, “Thy daughter I will not marry,’ the father of the girl shall take to himself all that he brought him. [Gn 2458. 3115,
§ 160. If a man has brought in a present to the house of his father-in-law, has given a bride-price, and the father of the girl has said, ‘My daughter I will not give thee,’ he shall return double every- thing that he brought him,
§ 161. If a man has brought in a present to the house of his father-in-law, has given a bride-price, and a comrade of his has slandered him, (so that) his father-in-law has said to the claimant of the wife, ‘My daughter thou shalt not espouse,’ he shall return double all that he brought him. Further, his comrade shall not marry his wife.
§ 162. If a man has married a wife and she has borne him children and that woman has gone to her fate, her father shall have no claim on her marriage portion, her marriage portion is her children’s forsooth. [Gn 315], —
§ 163. If a man has married a wife and she has not granted him children, (and). that woman hag gone to her fate, if his father-in-law has returned him the bride-price that that man brought to the house of his father-in-law, her husband shall have no claim on the marriage portion of that woman, her marriage portion belongs to the house of her father forsooth.
§ 164. If his father-in-law has not returned to him the bride-price, he shall deduct all her bride- price from her marriage portion and shall return her marriage portion to the house of her father,
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§ 165. If a man has apportioned to his son, the first in his eyes, field, garden, and house, has written him a sealed deed, after the father has gone to his fate, when the brothers divide, the present his father gave him he shall take and over and above he shall share equally in the goods of the father’s house. [Gn 24°6 95° 272% 87 482, Lk 15%].
§ 166. If a man has taken wives for the sons whom he has possessed, but has not taken a wife for his young son, after the father has gone to his fate, when the brothers divide, from~ the goods of the father’s house to their young brother who has not taken a wife, beside his share, they shall assign him money as a bride-price and shall cause him to take a wife.
§ 167. If a man has taken a wife and she has borne him sons, (and) that woman has gone to her fate, (and) after her he has taken to himself another woman and she has borne children, after the father has gone to his fate, the children shall not share according to their mothers, they shall take the marriage portions of their mothers and shall share the goods of their father’s house equally. [Gn 3114],