CHAPTER 24
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.
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,
the husband
who
divorced her
first
may
not
marry
her again
after
she has been defiled,
for
that is
an abomination
to
the LORD.
You must not
bring sin
upon the land
the LORD
your God
is giving
you as an inheritance.
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.
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.
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.
You must purge
the evil
from among you.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Fathers
shall not
be put to death
for
their children,
nor children
for
their fathers;
each
is to die
for his own sin.
Do not
deny
justice
to the foreigner
or the fatherless,
and do not
take a widow’s
cloak
as security.
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.
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.
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.
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.