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Statutes About Divorce

¹ "If a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens ^(F1)that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some ^(C1)indecency in her, and ^(C2)he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out from his house,² and she goes out of his house and goes and becomes another man's wife,³ and if the latter husband ^(F1)turns against 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 husband dies who took her to be his wife,⁴ then her ^(C1)former husband who sent her away is not allowed to take her again to be his wife, since she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before Yahweh, and you shall not bring sin on the land which Yahweh your God gives you as an inheritance.

⁵ "^(C1)When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out with the army nor be charged with any duty; he shall be free at home one year and shall ^(C2)give gladness to his wife whom he has taken.

Remember You Were Slaves in Egypt

⁶ "No one shall take a handmill or an upper millstone in pledge, for he would be taking a life in pledge.

⁷ "^(C1)If a man is ^(F1)caught kidnapping any of his brothers of the sons of Israel, and he mistreats him or sells him, then that thief shall die; so you shall purge the evil from among you.

⁸ "^(C1)Take care against ^(F1)an infection of leprosy, to be very careful and to do according to all that the Levitical priests instruct you; as I have commanded them, so you shall be careful to do.⁹ "Remember what Yahweh your God did ^(C1)to Miriam on the way as you came out of Egypt.

¹⁰ "^(C1)When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not enter his house to take his deposit.¹¹ "You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you make the loan shall bring the deposit out to you.¹² "Now if he is an afflicted man, you shall not sleep with his deposit.¹³ "^(C1)When the sun goes down you shall surely return the deposit to him, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you; and ^(C2)it will be righteousness for you before Yahweh your God.

¹⁴ "^(C1)You shall not oppress a hired person who is afflicted and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of your sojourners who is in your land within your gates.¹⁵ "^(C1)You shall give him his wages on his day ^(F1)before the sun goes down, for he is afflicted and sets his soul on it, so that ^(C2)he will not cry against you to Yahweh and it become sin in you.

¹⁶ "^(C1)Fathers shall not be put to death ^(F1)for their sons, nor shall sons be put to death ^(F1)for their fathers; each shall be put to death for his own sin.

¹⁷ "^(C1)You shall not pervert the justice ^(F1)due a sojourner or ^(F2)an orphan, nor ^(C2)take a widow's garment in pledge.¹⁸ "But you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt and that Yahweh your God redeemed you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.

¹⁹ "^(C1)When you reap your harvest in your field and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be ^(C2)for the sojourner, for the ^(F1)orphan, and for the widow, in order that Yahweh your God ^(C3)may bless you in all the work of your hands.²⁰ "^(C1)When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs after you finish; it shall be ^(C2)for the sojourner, for the ^(F1)orphan, and for the widow.

²¹ "When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it after you finish; it shall be for the sojourner, for the ^(F1)orphan, and for 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.