Deuteronomy Chapter 24

¹ “When a man gets married and his wife becomes displeasing to him because he finds something wrong with her, he’s to give her a certificate of divorce and send her away. ² If she marries another man ³ and he divorces her or dies, ⁴ her first husband can’t marry her again because she’s been defiled. That would be detestable to the LORD. Don’t bring sin on the land he’s giving you.

⁵ “When a man gets married, he won’t be charged with any military duty for a year. He’ll be free at home to make his wife happy.

⁶ “Don’t take a hand mill or upper millstone as a pledge. You’d be taking a livelihood as a pledge.

⁷ “If someone kidnaps and enslaves or sells a fellow citizen, execute the kidnapper. That’s how you’re to purge evil from among you.

⁸ “Keep an eye on a spot of leprosy and follow the priests’ instructions. ⁹ Remember what the LORD did to Miriam on the way from Egypt.                                                                                               

Deut 24:1-9

¹⁰ “When you loan somebody something, don’t go into his house to get it. ¹¹ Let him bring it out to you. ¹² If he’s poor, don’t keep his pledge overnight. ¹³ Give it back at sundown so he can sleep in his cloak and have a good attitude toward you. The LORD will consider you good. 

¹⁴ “Don’t oppress hired hands that are poor, citizen or foreign. ¹⁵ Pay them each day before sundown. They’re poor and their livelihood depends on it. That way they won’t call out to the LORD, and it becomes sin in you.

 ¹⁶ “Don’t execute parents for children or vice versa. Execute each person for that person’s sin.

¹⁷ “Don’t pervert justice with a foreigner or orphan, or take a widow’s cloak as a pledge. ¹⁸ Remember that you were a slave in Egypt and the LORD freed you. That’s why I’m telling you this.

¹⁹ “When you harvest your field and overlook a bundle, don’t go back to get it. Leave it for foreigners, orphans, or widows. The LORD your God will bless you in your work. ²⁰ When you beat the limbs on your olive tree, don’t go back over them. Leave them for foreigners, orphans, and widows. ²¹ When you gather grapes from your vineyard, don’t pick back over them. Leave them for foreigners, orphans, and widows. ²² Remember that you were a slave in Egypt. That’s why I’m telling you this.   

Deut 24:10-22