Chapter 24
1 When a man takes a wife and marries her , then it shall be , if she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some unseemly thing in her , that he shall write her a certificate of divorce , put it in her hand , and send her out of his house .
2 When she has departed out of his house , she may go and be another man’s wife.
3 If the latter husband hates her , and writes her a certificate of divorce , 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 her former husband , who sent her away , may not take her again to be his wife after she is defiled ; for that would be an abomination to Yahweh . You shall not cause the land to sin , which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance .
5 When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army , neither shall he be assigned any business . He shall be free at home one year , and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken .
6 No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone as a pledge , for he takes a life in pledge .
7 If a man is found stealing any of his brothers of the children of Israel , and he deals with him as a slave , or sells him , then that thief shall die . So you shall remove the evil from among you .
8 Be careful in the plague of leprosy , that you observe diligently and do according to all that the Levitical priests teach you . As I commanded them , so you shall observe to do .
9 Remember what Yahweh your God did to Miriam , by the way as you came out of Egypt .
10 When you lend your neighbor any kind of loan , you shall not go into his house to get his pledge .
11 You shall stand outside , and the man to whom you lend shall bring the pledge outside to you .
12 If he is a poor man , you shall not sleep with his pledge .
13 You shall surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goes down , that he may sleep in his garment and bless you . It shall be righteousness to you before Yahweh your God .
14 You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy , whether he is one of your brothers or one of the foreigners who are in your land within your gates .
15 In his day you shall give him his wages , neither shall the sun go down on it , for he is poor and sets his heart on it , lest he cry against you to Yahweh , and it be sin to you .
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 You shall not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice , nor take a widow’s clothing in pledge ;
18 but you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt , and Yahweh your God redeemed you there . Therefore I command you to do this thing .
19 When you reap your harvest in your field , and have forgotten a sheaf in the field , you shall not go again to get it . It shall be for the foreigner , for the fatherless , and for the widow, that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands .
20 When you beat your olive tree , you shall not go over the boughs again . It shall be for the foreigner , for the fatherless , and for the widow.
21 When you harvest your vineyard , you shall not glean it after yourselves. It shall be for the foreigner , for the fatherless , and for the widow.
22 You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt . Therefore I command you to do this thing .