24:1 “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 indecency in her, that he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and ①sends her away from his house,
▷ ①Or dismisses her
24:2 and she leaves his house and goes and becomes another man’s wife,
24:3 and the latter husband ①turns against her, writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand, and ②sends her away from his house, or if the latter husband who took her to be his wife dies,
▷ ①Lit hates her ②Or dismisses her
24:4 then her former husband who ①sent her away is not allowed to take her again to be his wife, after ②she 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.
▷ ①Or dismissed her ②I.e., in relationship to him
24:5 “When 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 make his wife whom he has taken happy.
24:6 “No one shall seize a handmill or an upper millstone as a pledge for a loan, since he would be seizing the debtor’s ①means of life as a pledge.
▷ ①Lit soul
24:7 “If someone is ①caught 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.
▷ ①Lit found stealing
24:8 “Be 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.
24:9 Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the way as you came out of Egypt.
24:10 “When you make your neighbor a loan of any kind, you shall not enter his house to take his pledge.
24:11 You shall stand outside, and the person to whom you are making the loan shall bring the pledge outside to you.
24:12 And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge.
24:13 When the sun goes down you shall certainly return the pledge to him, so that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you; and it will be righteousness for you before the LORD your God.
24:14 “You 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 ①towns.
▷ ①Lit gates
24:15 You shall give him his wages on his day ①before the sun sets—for he is poor and sets his ②heart on it—so that he does not cry out against you to the LORD, and it becomes a sin in you.
▷ ①Lit that the sun shall not go down on it ②Lit soul
24:16 “Fathers 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.
24:17 “You shall not pervert the justice ①due a stranger or ②an orphan, nor seize a widow’s garment as a ③pledge.
▷ ①Lit of ②Or the fatherless ③I.e., for a loan
24:18 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.
24:19 “When 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 to the stranger, the ①orphan, and to the widow, in order that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
▷ ①Or fatherless
24:20 When you beat the olives off your olive tree, you are not to search through the branches ①again; that shall be left for the stranger, the ②orphan, and for the widow.
▷ ①Lit after yourself ②Or fatherless
24:21 “When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you are not to ①go over it again; that shall be left for the stranger, the ②orphan, and the widow.
▷ ①Lit glean it after yourself ②Or fatherless
24:22 And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.