Deuteronomy 24

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1 When a man hath taken a wife , and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement , and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. 2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s wife. 3 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife; 4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the Lord : and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. 5 ¶ When a man hath taken a new wife , he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken. 6 ¶ No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge. 7 ¶ If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you. 8 ¶ Take heed in the plague of leprosy , that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do. 9 Remember what the Lord thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt. 10 ¶ When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. 11 Thou shalt stand abroad , and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee. 12 And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge : 13 In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment , and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the Lord thy God. 14 ¶ Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates : 15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire , neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the Lord , and it be sin unto thee. 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 ¶ Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge: 18 But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing. 19 ¶ When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow : that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. 20 When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 22 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing. TG Marriage, Wives . IE from unchastity, indecency. Matt. 1:19 . TG Divorce . HEB bring guilt upon the land. Deut. 20:7 . HEB be happy with. TG Family, Love within ; Marriage, Husbands . HEB lower. OR it is as if he took. TG Stealing . Deut. 21:14 . TG Leprosy . TG Teacher . OR outside. IE keep it overnight. Ex. 22:26 ; Ezek. 18:7 . OR garment (also v. 17 ). Prov. 14:31 . IE of the cities, towns. HEB The same day. Lev. 19:13 . Deut. 15:9 . TG Marriage, Fatherhood . TG Punish . 2 Sam. 21:6 (1–14) ; Isa. 14:21 . TG Accountability ; Justice . Deut. 27:19 . TG Judgment . HEB slave. Ruth 2:2 . TG Poor ; Welfare .