Law of Divorce

24 “When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens, if she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some ^(A)indecency in her, that ^(B)he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and ^[a]sends her away from his house, ² and she leaves his house and goes and becomes another man’s wife, ³ and the latter husband ^[b]turns against her, writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand, and ^[c]sends her away from his house, or if the latter husband who took her to be his wife dies, ⁴ then her ^(C)former husband who ^[d]sent her away is not allowed to take her again to be his wife, after ^[e]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 “^(D)When a man takes a new wife, he is not to go out with the army, nor be assigned any duty; he shall be free at home for one year and shall ^(E)make his wife whom he has taken happy.

Various Laws

⁶ “No one shall seize a handmill or an upper millstone as a pledge for a loan, since he would be seizing the debtor’s ^[f]means of life as a pledge.

⁷ “^(F)If someone is ^[g]caught kidnapping any of his countrymen of the sons of Israel, and he treats him as merchandise and sells him, then that thief shall die; so you shall eliminate the evil from among you.

⁸ “^(G)Be careful about an infestation of leprosy, that you are very attentive and act in accordance with everything that the Levitical priests teach you; just as I have commanded them, you shall be careful to act. ⁹ Remember what the Lord your God did ^(H)to Miriam on the way as you came out of Egypt.

¹⁰ “^(I)When you make your neighbor a loan of any kind, you shall not enter his house to take his pledge. ¹¹ You shall stand outside, and the person to whom you are making the loan shall bring the pledge outside to you. ¹² And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge. ^13 (J)When the sun goes down you shall certainly return the pledge to him, so that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you; and ^(K)it will be righteousness for you before the Lord your God.

¹⁴ “^(L)You shall not exploit a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your countrymen or one of your strangers who are in your land in your ^[h]towns. ^15 (M)You shall give him his wages on his day ^[i]before the sun sets—for he is poor and sets his ^[j]heart on it—so that ^(N)he does not cry out against you to the Lord, and it becomes a sin in you.

¹⁶ “^(O)Fathers shall not be put to death for their sons, nor shall sons be put to death for their fathers; everyone shall be put to death for his own sin alone.

¹⁷ “^(P)You shall not pervert the justice ^[k]due a stranger or ^[l]an orphan, nor ^(Q)seize a widow’s garment as a ^[m]pledge. ¹⁸ But you are to remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and that the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.

¹⁹ “^(R)When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you are not to go back to get it; it shall belong ^(S)to the stranger, the ^[n]orphan, and to the widow, in order that the Lord your God ^(T)may bless you in all the work of your hands. ^20 (U)When you beat the olives off your olive tree, you are not to search through the branches ^[o]again; that shall be left ^(V)for the stranger, the ^[p]orphan, and for the widow.

²¹ “When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you are not to ^[q]go over it again; that shall be left for the stranger, the ^[r]orphan, and the widow. ²² And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.