Law Concerning Divorce
1 “When aman takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some uncleanness in her, and he writes her acertificate of divorce, putsitin her hand, and sends her out of his house,
2 when she has departed from his house, and goes and becomes another man’swife,
3 ifthe latter husband detests her and writes her a certificate of divorce, putsitin her hand, and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband dies who took her as his wife,
4 thenher former husband who divorced her must not take her back to be his wife after she has been defiled; for thatisan abomination before theLord, and you shall not bring sin on the land which theLordyour God is giving youasan inheritance.
Miscellaneous Laws
5 “When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war or be charged with any business; he shall be free at home one year, andbring happiness to his wife whom he has taken.
6 “No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone in pledge, for he takesone’sliving in pledge.
7 “If a man isfound kidnapping any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and mistreats him or sells him, then that kidnapper shall die;and you shall put away the evil from among you.
8 “Take heed inan outbreak of leprosy, that you carefully observe and do according to all that the priests, the Levites, shall teach you; just as I commanded them,soyou shall be careful to do.
9 Remember what theLordyour God didto Miriam on the way when you came out of Egypt!
10 “When youlend your brother anything, 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 out to you.
12 And if the manispoor, you shall not keep his pledge overnight.
13 You shall in any case return the pledge to him again when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his own garment andbless you; andit shall be righteousness to you before theLordyour God.
14 “You shall notoppress a hired servantwhoispoor and needy,whetherone of your brethren or one of the aliens whoisin your land within your gates.
15 Each dayyou shall givehimhis wages, and not let the sun go down on it, for heispoor and has set his heart on it;lest he cry out against you to theLord, and it be sin to you.
16 “Fathers shall not be put to death fortheirchildren, nor shall children be put to death fortheirfathers; a person shall be put to death for his own sin.
17 “You shall not pervert justice due the stranger or the fatherless,nor take a widow’s garment as a pledge.
18 Butyou shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and theLordyour God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this thing.
19 “When you reap your harvest in your field, and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that theLordyour God maybless you in all the work of your hands.
20 When you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.
21 When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not gleanitafterward; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.
22 And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this thing.