Deuteronomy Chapter 24

Deuteronomy Chapter 24
1 When a man taketh a wife, and
marrieth her, if so be she find no favor in
his eyes, because he hath spied some
filthiness in her, then let him write her a
bill of divorcement, and put it in her
hand, and send her out of his house. 2
And when she is departed out of his
house, and gone her way, and marry with
another man,
3 And if the latter husband hate her, and
write her a letter of divorcement, and put
it in her hand, and send her out of his
house, or if the latter man die which took
her to wife:
4 Then her first husband, which sent her
away, may not take her again to be his
wife, after that she is defiled: for that is
abomination in the sight of the Lord, and
thou shalt not cause the land to sin,
which the Lord thy God doth give thee to
inherit.
5 When a man taketh a new wife, he
shall not go a warfare, neither shall be
charged with any business, but shall be
free at home one year, and rejoice with
his wife which he hath taken.
6 No man shall take the nether nor the
upper millstone to pledge: for this gage
is his living.
7 If any man be found stealing any of his
brethren of the children of Israel, and
maketh merchandise of him, or selleth
him, that thief shall die: so shalt thou put
evil away from among you.
8 Take heed of the plague of leprosy,
that thou observe diligently, and do
according to all that the priests of the
Levites shall teach you: take heed ye do
as I commanded them.
9 Remember what the Lord thy God did
unto Miriam by the way after that ye
were come out of Egypt.
10 When thou shalt ask again of thy
neighbor anything lent, thou shalt not go
into his house to get his pledge.
11 But thou shalt stand without, and the
man that borrowed it of thee, shall bring
the pledge out of the doors unto thee.
12 Furthermore if it be a poor body, thou
shalt not sleep with his pledge, 13 But
shalt restore him the pledge when the sun
goeth down, that he may sleep in his
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 needy and poor, neither
of thy brethren, nor of the stranger that is
in thy land within thy gates. 15 Thou
shalt give him his hire for his day,
neither shall the sun go down upon it: for
he is poor, and therewith sustaineth his
life: 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, nor the children put to
death for the fathers, but every man shall
be put to death for his own sin. 17 Thou
shalt not pervert the right of the stranger,
nor of the fatherless, nor take a widow’s
raiment to pledge.
18 But remember that thou wast a
servant in Egypt, and how the Lord thy
God delivered thee thence. Therefore I
command thee to do this thing. 19 When
thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy
field, and hast forgotten a sheaf in the
field, thou shalt not go again to get it, but
it shall be for the stranger, for the
fatherless, and for the widow: that the
Lord thy God may bless thee in all the
works of thine hands.
20 When thou beatest thine olive tree,
thou shalt not go over the boughs again,
but it shall be for the stranger, for the
fatherless, and for the widow. 21 When
thou gatherest thy vineyard, thou shalt
not gather the grapes clean after thee, but
they shall be for the stranger, for the
fatherless, and for the widow.
22 And remember that thou wast a
servant in the land of Egypt: therefore I
command thee to do this thing.