Deuteronomy 24

Law Concerning Divorce

24“When a ^aman takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some ¹uncleanness in her, and he writes her a ^bcertificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house, ²when she has departed from his house, and goes and becomes another man’s wife, ³if 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, ^4cthen her former husband who divorced her must not take her back to be his wife after she has been defiled; for that is ²an abomination before the Lord, and you shall not bring sin on the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

Miscellaneous Laws

^5d“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 ^ebring happiness to his wife whom he has taken.

⁶“No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone in pledge, for he takes ³one’s living in pledge.

⁷“If a man is ^ffound ⁴kidnapping any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and mistreats him or sells him, then that kidnapper shall die; ^gand you shall put away the evil from among you.

⁸“Take heed in ^han 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. ⁹ⁱRemember what the Lord your God did ^jto Miriam on the way when you came out of Egypt!

¹⁰“When you ^klend your brother anything, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge. ¹¹You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you lend shall bring the pledge out to you. ¹²And if the man is poor, you shall not ⁵keep his pledge overnight. ^13lYou shall in any case return the pledge to him again when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his own garment and ^mbless you; and ⁿit shall be righteousness to you before the Lord your God.

¹⁴“You shall not ^ooppress 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. ¹⁵Each day ^pyou 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; ^qlest he cry out against you to the Lord, and it be sin to you.

^16r“Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; a person shall be put to death for his own sin.

^17s“You shall not pervert justice due the stranger or the fatherless, ^tnor take a widow’s garment as a pledge. ¹⁸But ^uyou 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.

^19v“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 ^wbless you in all the work of your hands. ²⁰When you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. ²¹When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it afterward; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. ²²And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this thing.