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1 When
a man takes a
wife and marries
her, then it
shall be, if
she finds no
favor in his
eyes because he
has found
some unseemly thing
in her, that
he shall write
her a certificate
of divorce, put
it in her
hand, and send
her out of
his house.
2 When
she has departed
out of his
house, she may
go and be another
man’s wife.
3 If
the latter husband hates
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 to be
his wife;
4 her
former husband,
who sent her
away, may not
take her again
to be his wife
after she is
defiled; for that
would be an
abomination to the
LORD. You shall
not cause the
land to sin,
which the LORD
your God gives
you for an
inheritance.
5 When
a man takes
a new wife, he
shall not go
out in the
army, neither
shall he be
assigned any
business. He shall
be free at
home one year,
and shall cheer
his wife whom he
has taken.
6 No
man shall take
the mill or
the upper
millstone as a
pledge, for
he takes a life
in pledge.
7 If
a man is
found stealing any
of his brothers
of the children
of Israel, and
he deals with
him as a
slave, or sells
him, then that
thief shall die.
So you shall
remove the evil
from among you.
8 Be
careful in the
plague of leprosy,
that you observe
diligently and
do according to
all that the
Levitical priests
teach you. As
I commanded them,
so you shall
observe to do.
9 Remember
what the LORD
your God did
to Miriam, by
the way as
you came out
of Egypt.
10 When
you lend your
neighbor any kind
of loan, you
shall not go into
his house to get
his pledge.
11 You
shall stand
outside, and
the man to whom
you lend shall
bring the pledge
outside to you.
12 If
he is a
poor man, you
shall not sleep
with his pledge.
13 You
shall surely
restore to him
the pledge when
the sun goes
down, that he
may sleep in
his garment and
bless you. It
shall be
righteousness to
you before the
LORD your God.
14 You
shall not oppress
a hired servant
who is poor
and needy, whether
he is one
of your brothers
or one of
the foreigners who
are in your land
within your gates.
15 In
his day you
shall give him
his wages, neither
shall the sun
go down on
it, for he
is poor and
sets his heart
on it, lest he
cry against you
to the LORD,
and it be
sin to you.
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 You
shall not deprive
the foreigner or
the fatherless of
justice, nor take
a widow’s clothing in
pledge;
18 but
you shall remember
that you were
a slave in
Egypt, and the
LORD your God
redeemed you there.
Therefore I
command you to
do this thing.
19 When
you reap your
harvest in your
field, and have
forgotten a sheaf
in the field,
you shall not
go again to
get it. It
shall be for
the foreigner, for
the fatherless,
and for the widow,
that the LORD
your God may
bless you in
all the work
of your hands.
20 When
you beat your
olive tree, you
shall not go over
the boughs again.
It shall be
for the foreigner,
for the fatherless,
and for the widow.
21 When
you harvest your
vineyard, you
shall not glean
it after yourselves.
It shall be
for the foreigner,
for the fatherless,
and for the widow.
22 You
shall remember
that you were
a slave in
the land of Egypt.
Therefore I
command you to
do this thing.