Deuteronomy 24

¹When a man takes a wife and marries her, if then she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house , and she departs out of his house ,

²and if she goes and becomes another man’s wife,

³and the latter man hates her and writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house , or if the latter man dies , who took her to be his wife ,

⁴then her former husband , who sent her away , may not take her again to be his wife , after she has been defiled , for that is an abomination before the Lord. And you shall not bring sin upon the land that that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance .

⁵When a man is newly married , he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty . He shall be free at home one year to be happy with his wife whom he has taken .

⁶No one shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge , for that would be taking a life in pledge .

⁷If a man is found stealing one of his brothers of the people of Israel , and if he treats him as a slave or sells him, then that thief shall die . So you shall purge the evil from your midst .

⁸Take care , in a case of leprous disease , to be very careful to do according to all that the Levitical priests shall direct you. As I commanded them, so you shall be careful to do .

⁹Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam on the way as you came out of Egypt .

¹⁰When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort , you shall not go into his house to collect his pledge .

¹¹You shall stand outside , and the man to whom you make the loan shall bring the pledge out to you.

¹²And if he is a poor man , you shall not sleep in his pledge .

¹³You shall restore to him the pledge as the sun sets , that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you. And it shall be righteousness for you before the Lord your God .

¹⁴You shall not oppress a hired worker who is poor and needy , whether he is one of your brothers or one of the sojourners who are in your land within your towns .

¹⁵You shall give him his wages on the same day , before the sun sets (for he is poor and counts on it), lest he cry against you to the Lord, and you be guilty of sin .

¹⁶Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children , nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers . Each one shall be put to death for his own sin .

¹⁷You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless , or take a widow’s garment in pledge ,

¹⁸but you 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 .

¹⁹When 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 sojourner , the fatherless , and the widow , that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands .

²⁰When you beat your olive trees , you shall not go over them again . It shall be for the sojourner , the fatherless , and the widow .

²¹When you gather the grapes of your vineyard , you shall not strip it afterward . It shall be for the sojourner , the fatherless , and the widow .

²²You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt ; therefore I command you to do this .