Deuteronomy
Chapter Twenty-Four
1 ¶ "When a
man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in
his eyes because he has found some uncleanness in her, and he writes her a certificate
of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house,
2 "when she has departed from his house, and goes and becomes another man's
wife,
3 "if the latter husband detests her and writes her a certificate of divorce,
puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband
dies who took her as his wife,
4 "then her former husband who divorced her must not take her back to be
his wife after she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before the LORD,
and you shall not bring sin on the land which the LORD your God is giving you
as an inheritance.
5 ¶ "When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war or
be charged with any business; he shall be free at home one year, and bring happiness
to his wife whom he has taken.
6 "No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone in pledge, for he
takes one's living in pledge.
7 "If a man is found kidnapping any of his brethren of the children of
Israel, and mistreats him or sells him, then that kidnapper shall die; and you
shall put away the evil from among you.
8 "Take heed in an outbreak of leprosy, that you carefully observe and
do according to all that the priests, the Levites, shall teach you; just as
I commanded them, so you shall be careful to do.
9 "Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the way when you came
out of Egypt.
10 "When you lend your brother anything, you shall not go into his house
to get his pledge.
11 "You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you lend shall bring the
pledge out to you.
12 "And if the man is poor, you shall not keep his pledge overnight.
13 "You shall in any case return the pledge to him again when the sun goes
down, that he may sleep in his own garment and bless you; and it shall be righteousness
to you before the LORD your God.
14 ¶ "You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy,
whether one of your brethren or one of the aliens who is in your land within
your gates.
15 "Each day you shall give him his wages, and not let the sun go down
on it, for he is poor and has set his heart on it; lest he cry out against you
to the LORD, and it be sin to you.
16 "Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall the
children be put to death for their fathers; a person shall be put to death for
his own sin.
17 "You shall not pervert justice due the stranger or the fatherless, nor
take a widow's garment as a pledge.
18 "But you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and the LORD
your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this thing.
19 "When you reap your harvest in your field, and forget a sheaf in the
field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless,
and the widow, that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your
hands.
20 "When you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over the boughs again;
it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.
21 "When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it
afterward; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.
22 "And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt;
therefore I command you to do this thing.
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