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Law of Divorce

¹ "When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens, if she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some ^(C1)indecency in her, that ^(C2)he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and ^(F1)sends her away from his house,² and she leaves his house and goes and becomes another man's wife,³ and the latter husband ^(F1)turns against her, writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand, and ^(F2)sends her away from his house, or if the latter husband who took her to be his wife dies,⁴ then her ^(C1)former husband who ^(F1)sent her away is not allowed to take her again to be his wife, after ^(F2)she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before the LORD, and you shall not bring sin on the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

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

Various Laws

⁶ "No one shall seize a handmill or an upper millstone as a pledge for a loan, since he would be seizing the debtor's ^(F1)means of life as a pledge.

⁷ "^(C1)If someone is ^(F1)caught kidnapping any of his countrymen of the sons of Israel, and he treats him as merchandise and sells him, then that thief shall die; so you shall eliminate the evil from among you.

⁸ "^(C1)Be careful about an infestation of leprosy, that you are very attentive and act in accordance with everything that the Levitical priests teach you; just as I have commanded them, you shall be careful to act.⁹ "Remember what the LORD 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 kind, you shall not enter his house to take his pledge.¹¹ "You shall stand outside, and the person to whom you are making the loan shall bring the pledge outside to you.¹² "And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge.¹³ "^(C1)When the sun goes down you shall certainly return the pledge to him, so that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you; and ^(C2)it will be righteousness for you before the LORD your God.

¹⁴ "^(C1)You shall not exploit a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your countrymen or one of your strangers who are in your land in your ^(F1)towns.¹⁵ "^(C1)You shall give him his wages on his day ^(F1)before the sun sets—for he is poor and sets his ^(F2)heart on it—so that ^(C2)he does not cry out against you to the LORD, and it becomes a sin in you.

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

¹⁷ "^(C1)You shall not pervert the justice ^(F1)due a stranger or ^(F2)an orphan, nor ^(C2)seize a widow's garment as a ^(F3)pledge.¹⁸ "But you are to remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and that the LORD 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 forget a sheaf in the field, you are not to go back to get it; it shall belong ^(C2)to the stranger, the ^(F1)orphan, and to the widow, in order that the LORD your God ^(C3)may bless you in all the work of your hands.²⁰ "^(C1)When you beat the olives off your olive tree, you are not to search through the branches ^(F1)again; that shall be left ^(C2)for the stranger, the ^(F2)orphan, and for the widow.

²¹ "When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you are not to ^(F1)go over it again; that shall be left for the stranger, the ^(F2)orphan, and 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.