Deu 24 | NASB2020 | STEP | “When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens , if she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, that he writes her a certificate of divorce , puts it in her hand , and sends her away from his house ,

Deuteronomy 24

Law of Divorce

1 “When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens, if she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some ^aindecency in her, that ^bhe writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and ^{▼▼Or dismisses her}sends her away from his house, 2 and she leaves his house and goes and becomes another man’s wife, 3 and the latter husband ^{▼▼Lit hates her}turns against her, writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand, and ^{▼▼Or dismisses her}sends her away from his house, or if the latter husband who took her to be his wife dies, 4 then her ^fformer husband who ^{▼▼Or dismissed her}sent her away is not allowed to take her again to be his wife, after ^{▼▼I.e., in relationship to him}she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before the Lord, and you shall not bring sin on the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

5 “ ⁱWhen a man takes a new wife, he is not to go out with the army, nor be assigned any duty; he shall be free at home for one year and shall ^jmake his wife whom he has taken happy.

Various Laws

6 “No one shall seize a handmill or an upper millstone as a pledge for a loan, since he would be seizing the debtor’s ^{▼▼Lit soul}means of life as a pledge.

7 “ ^lIf someone is ^{▼▼Lit found stealing}caught kidnapping any of his countrymen of the sons of Israel, and he treats him as merchandise and sells him, then that thief shall die; so you shall eliminate the evil from among you.

8 “ ⁿBe careful about an infestation of leprosy, that you are very attentive and act in accordance with everything that the Levitical priests teach you; just as I have commanded them, you shall be careful to act. 9 Remember what the Lord your God did ^oto Miriam on the way as you came out of Egypt.

10 “ ^pWhen you make your neighbor a loan of any kind, you shall not enter his house to take his pledge. 11 You shall stand outside, and the person to whom you are making the loan shall bring the pledge outside to you. 12 And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge. 13 ^qWhen the sun goes down you shall certainly return the pledge to him, so that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you; and ^rit will be righteousness for you before the Lord your God.

14 “ ^sYou shall not exploit a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your countrymen or one of your strangers who are in your land in your ^{▼▼Lit gates}towns. 15 ^uYou shall give him his wages on his day ^{▼▼Lit that the sun shall not go down on it}before the sun sets--for he is poor and sets his ^{▼▼Lit soul}heart on it--so that ^xhe does not cry out against you to the Lord, and it becomes a sin in you.

16 “ ^yFathers shall not be put to death for their sons, nor shall sons be put to death for their fathers; everyone shall be put to death for his own sin alone.

17 “ ^zYou shall not pervert the justice ^{▼▼Lit of}due a stranger or ^{▼▼Or the fatherless}an orphan, nor ^acseize a widow’s garment as a ^{▼▼I.e., for a loan}pledge. 18 But you are to remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and that the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.

19 “ ^aeWhen you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you are not to go back to get it; it shall belong ^afto the stranger, the ^{▼▼Or fatherless}orphan, and to the widow, in order that the Lord your God ^ahmay bless you in all the work of your hands. 20 ^aiWhen you beat the olives off your olive tree, you are not to search through the branches ^{▼▼Lit after yourself}again; that shall be left ^akfor the stranger, the ^{▼▼Or fatherless}orphan, and for the widow.

21 “When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you are not to ^{▼▼Lit glean it after yourself}go over it again; that shall be left for the stranger, the ^{▼▼Or fatherless}orphan, and the widow. 22 And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.