1 “When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens 1Lit ifthat she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some ANum 5:12, 28; Deut 22:13-21indecency in her, and BMatt 5:31; 19:7-9; Mark 10:4, 5he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out from his house, 2 and she leaves his house and goes and becomes another man’s wife, 3 and if the latter husband 1Lit hates herturns against her and writes her a certificate of divorce and 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 then her AJer 3:1former husband who sent her away is not allowed to take her again to be his wife, since she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before the Loʀᴅ, and you shall not bring sin on the land which the Loʀᴅ your God gives you as an inheritance.

5 “ADeut 20:7When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out with the army nor be charged with any duty; he shall be free at home one year and shall BProv 5:18give happiness to his wife whom he has taken.

6 “No one shall take a handmill or an upper millstone in pledge, for he would be taking a life in pledge.

7 “AEx 21:16If a man is 1Lit found stealingcaught kidnapping any of his 2Lit brotherscountrymen of the sons of Israel, and he deals with him violently or sells him, then that thief shall die; so you shall purge the evil from among you.

8 “ALev 13:1-14, 57Be careful against 1Lit a mark or strokean infection of leprosy, that you diligently observe and do according to all that the Levitical priests teach you; as I have commanded them, so you shall be careful to do. 9  “Remember what the Loʀᴅ your God did ANum 12:10to Miriam on the way as you came out of Egypt.

10 “AEx 22:26, 27When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not enter his house to take his pledge. 11  “You shall remain outside, and the man to whom you make the loan shall bring the pledge out to you. 12  “If he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge. 13  “AEx 22:26When the sun goes down you shall surely return the pledge to him, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you; and BDeut 6:25; Ps 106:31; Dan 4:27it will be righteousness for you before the Loʀᴅ your God.

14 “ALev 19:13; 25:35-43; Deut 15:7-18; Prov 14:31; Amos 4:1; 1 Tim 5:18You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your 1Lit brotherscountrymen or one of your aliens who is in your land in your 2Lit gatestowns. 15  “ALev 19:13; Jer 22:13; James 5:4You shall give him his wages on his day 1Lit that the sun shall not go down on itbefore the sun sets, for he is poor and sets his 2Lit soulheart on it; so that BEx 22:23; Deut 15:9; Job 35:9; James 5:4he will not cry against you to the Loʀᴅ and it become sin in you.

16 “A2 Kin 14:6; 2 Chr 25:4; Jer 31:29, 30; Ezek 18:20Fathers shall not be put to death 1Or withfor their sons, nor shall sons be put to death 1Or withfor their fathers; everyone shall be put to death for his own sin.

17 “AEx 23:9; Lev 19:33; Deut 1:17; 10:17; 16:19; 27:19You shall not pervert the justice 1Lit ofdue an alien or 2Or the fatherlessan orphan, nor BEx 22:22take a widow’s garment in pledge. 18  “But you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and that the Loʀᴅ your God redeemed you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.

19 “ALev 19:9, 10; 23:22When you reap your harvest in your field and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be BDeut 14:29for the alien, for the 1Or fatherlessorphan, and for the widow, in order that the Loʀᴅ your God CProv 19:17may bless you in all the work of your hands. 20  “ALev 19:10When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs 1Lit after yourselfagain; it shall be BDeut 24:19for the alien, for the 2Or fatherlessorphan, and for the widow.

21 “When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not 1Lit glean it after yourselfgo over it again; it shall be for the alien, for the 2Or fatherlessorphan, and for the widow. 22  “You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.