Anyone who does one [more] mitzvah (such that the quantity and quality of all of his mitzvos outweigh the aggregate of all of his aveiros),

he is benefited,

his days are prolonged

and he inherits the land;

and anyone who does not do one [more] mitzvah (such that the quantity and quality of all of his mitzvos do not outweigh the aggregate of all of his aveiros),

he is not benefited,

his days are not prolonged

and he does not inherit the land.

Anyone who is involved in Scripture,

and the Mishna (i.e. halacha)

and common decency

will not easily sin,

as it says

"and the three-ply string is not easily broken";

Anyone who is not involved in Scripture,

and not Mishna

and not common decency

is not of civilization.

A man can betroth [a woman] himself or by an agent,

a woman can be betrothed by herself or through an agent;

a man can betroth his daughter

while she is a naarah

himself or through an agent.

One who says to a woman

"You or betrothed to me with this date,

you are betrothed to me with this"

if one of them has

the value of a prutah

she is betrothed,

and if not, she is not betrothed;

[but if he said] "with this, and this, and this,"

if they are worth a prutah in the aggregate,

she is betrothed,

and if not, she is not betrothed;

[if as he was giving them to her] she was eating them one by one

she is not betrothed

unless one of them (the last one) has

the value of a prutah.