Old Testament · Law

Deuteronomy chapter 24

If a man marries a woman and she doesn’t please him because he finds something about her, he writes her a , hands it to her, and sends her away from his house.After she leaves his house, she’s free to go and become another man’s wife.If that second husband also turns against her, writes her a divorce document, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house—or if that second husband dies—then her first husband, who sent her away, is not allowed to take her back as his wife after she has been with another man. That would be to Yahweh. Don’t bring guilt on the land that Yahweh your God is giving you as an .When a man is newly married, he must not be sent out with the army or be given any other public duty. He is free to stay home for one year and to the wife he has married.No one may take a pair of —or even just the upper millstone—as collateral for a loan, because that would be taking someone’s as collateral.If someone is caught kidnapping a fellow Israelite—enslaving or selling them—that kidnapper must die. from among you.When it comes to , be very careful to do exactly what the Levitical priests instruct you. Follow carefully what I commanded them.Remember what Yahweh your God did to on the journey after you left Egypt.When you make a loan of any kind to your neighbor, don’t go into their house to collect the collateral.Stay outside and let the person you made the loan to bring the collateral out to you.And if that person is poor, don’t keep their collateral overnight.Make sure you return their to them by sunset so they can sleep in it. They will be grateful to you, and Yahweh your God will consider it .Don’t take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and vulnerable, whether they’re a fellow Israelite or an living in one of your towns.Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor and counting on it. Otherwise they may cry out to Yahweh against you, and you will be .Parents must not be put to death for their children’s crimes, and children must not be put to death for their parents’ crimes. Each person can only be put to death for their own .Don’t deny to an immigrant or an orphan. Don’t take a widow’s clothing as collateral for a loan.Remember that you were once enslaved in Egypt and Yahweh your God you from there. That’s why I’m commanding you to do this.When you’re harvesting your field and you forget a out in the field, don’t go back to get it. Leave it for the immigrant, the orphan, and the widow, so that Yahweh your God will everything you do.When you from your trees, don’t go over the branches a second time. What’s left is for the immigrant, the orphan, and the widow.When you from your vineyard, don’t go through the vines a second time. What’s left is for the immigrant, the orphan, and the widow.Remember that you were once in the land of Egypt. That’s why I’m commanding you to do this.