Deuteronomy 24
1 “A man may take a woman and marry her. Then, if she no longer finds favor in his eyes because he has found something indecent about her, he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her away from his house.
2 She leaves his house, goes away, and becomes another man’s wife.
3 If that second husband comes to hate her, writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her away from his house, or if that second husband, who took her as his wife, dies,
4 her first husband, who sent her away, must not take her back as his wife after she has become defiled, for that is detestable before the LORD. Do not bring guilt on the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
5 When a man takes a new wife, he must not go out with the army or be assigned any duty. He shall be free to stay at home for one year and bring joy to the wife he has taken.
6 No one shall take a pair of millstones—or even the upper stone—as a pledge, for that would be taking a person’s livelihood as a pledge.
7 If a man is found kidnapping one of his fellow Israelites, treating that person as a slave and selling them, that kidnapper must die. So you shall purge the evil from among you.
8 Be careful in cases of a skin disease. Take great care to do everything the Levitical priests teach you. Be sure to do as I commanded them.
9 Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the way, when you came out of Egypt.
10 When you make a loan of any kind to your neighbor, do not enter his house to take something as a pledge.
11 Wait outside, and the man to whom you made the loan will bring the pledge out to you.”
12 “If he is poor, do not keep his pledge overnight.
13 Return the pledge to him at sunset, so he can sleep in his cloak and bless you. This will be counted as righteousness for you before the LORD your God.
14 Do not exploit a poor and needy hired worker, whether one of your fellow Israelites or a resident foreigner living in one of your towns.
15 Pay him his wages the same day, before the sun sets, for he is poor and depends on them for his livelihood. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
16 Parents must not be put to death for their children, nor children for their parents; each must be put to death for their own offense.
17 Do not deny justice to a resident foreigner or an orphan, and do not take a widow’s garment as a pledge.
18 Remember that you were a slave in Egypt and that the LORD your God redeemed you from there. That is why I command you to do this.
19 When you harvest your field and leave a sheaf behind, do not go back to get it. It shall belong to the resident foreigner, the orphan, 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 tree, do not go over the branches again to gather what remains. It shall belong to the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.
21 When you gather grapes from your vineyard, do not go back over it to pick what remains. It shall belong to the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.
22 Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt. That is why I command you to do this.”
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