Deuteronomy 24

1 If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.

2 If, after leaving his house, she goes and becomes another man’s wife,

3 and the second man hates her, writes her a certificate of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house, or if he dies,

4 then the husband who divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

5 If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married.

6 Do not take a pair of millstones or even an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking one’s livelihood as security.

7 If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you.

8 In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.

9 Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the journey after you came out of Egypt.

10 When you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security.

11 You are to stand outside while the man to whom you are lending brings the security out to you.

12 If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;

13 be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.

14 Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.

15 You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

16 Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.

17 Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.

18 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from that place. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.

19 If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

20 When you beat the olives from your trees, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.

21 When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not go over the vines again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.

22 Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.

1 ¶ When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give [it] in her hand, and send her out of his house.

2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's [wife].

3 And [if] the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth [it] in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her [to be] his wife;

4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that [is] abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance.

5 ¶ When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: [but] he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.

6 No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh [a man's] life to pledge.

7 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.

8 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, [so] ye shall observe to do.

9 Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt.

10 When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.

12 And if the man [be] poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:

13 In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.

14 ¶ Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant [that is] poor and needy, [whether he be] of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that [are] in thy land within thy gates:

15 At his day thou shalt give [him] his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he [is] poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.

16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, [nor] of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:

18 But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

19 When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.

20 When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean [it] afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

22 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

1 If a man take a wife, and marry her, and she find not favour in his sight, because of any displeasure, then he shall write a bill of divorcement, and put it in her hand, and put her out of his house.

2 When she is gone out of his house, and is gone, and is married to another,

3 And the same other man shall be angry with her, and shall write her a bill of divorcement, and put it into her hand, and let her out of his house: or if the same other man die, who had taken her to wife:

4 Then her first husband, which put her away, cannot take her again to be his wife, because she is unclean: for this is abomination in the sight of the LORD, lest thou make the land to sin, which the LORD thy God hath given thee for an inheritance.

5 If a man hath lately taken a wife, he shall not go forth to war, neither shall anything be laid upon him. He shall be at liberty in his house a year, and shall rejoice with his wife whom he hath taken.

6 Thou shalt not take for a pledge the lowest and the uppermost millstone: for he hath set thy soul for a pledge.

7 If any man be found stealing a soul from among his brethren, from among the children of Israel, and shifting it, or selling it, such a thief shall die, that thou put away evil from among you.

8 Beware of the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently to do all that the priests the Levites teach thee: and as they command you, that shall ye observe to do.

9 Consider what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam in the way that ye came out of Egypt.

10 If thou owe thy neighbour any thing, thou shalt not go into his house, and take a pledge of him,

11 But thou shalt stand without, and he to whom thou borest shall bring forth his pledge unto thee.

12 But if he be a poor man, thou shalt not lie down over his pledge,

13 But thou shalt restore him his pledge when the sun goeth down, and he shall sleep in his garment, and bless thee. This shall be a righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.

14 Thou shalt not withhold wages from the poor and needy, whether they be of thy brethren, or strangers that are in thy land, or within thy gates,

15 But thou shalt give him his hire of the day, that the sun go not down upon it: for he is scanty, and shall preserve his soul therewith, lest he call upon the LORD against thee, and be sin unto thee.

16 Fathers shall not die for children, nor children for fathers: but every man shall die for his own sin.

17 Thou shalt not pervert the right of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; neither shalt thou take the widow's garment for a pledge.

18 For thou shalt remember that thou wast a servant in Egypt, and that the LORD thy God redeemed thee from thence. Therefore I command thee to do this thing.

19 When thou hast reaped in thy field, and hast forgotten a sheaf in the field, then thou shalt not return to fetch it; but it shall be to the stranger, and to the fatherless, and to the widow; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the works of thine hands.

20 When thou hast shaken thy olive trees, thou shalt not shake them again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

21 When thou hast gleaned thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it: it shall be of the stranger, and of the fatherless, and of the widow.

22 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.