1“When a man takes a wife and marries her, if then she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, and she departs out of his house, (Isa 50:1; Jer 3:8; Mt 5:31; Mt 19:7; Mr 10:4)2and if she goes and becomes another man’s wife,3and the latter man hates 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 man dies, who took her to be his wife,4then her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination before the Lord. And you shall not bring sin upon the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance. (Jer 3:1)
Miscellaneous Laws
5“When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free at home one year to be happy with his wife[1] whom he has taken. (De 20:7; Pr 5:18)6“No one shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge, for that would be taking a life in pledge.7“If a man is found stealing one of his brothers of the people of Israel, and if he treats him as a slave or sells him, then that thief shall die. So you shall purge the evil from your midst. (Ex 21:16; De 13:5; De 21:14; 1Ti 1:10)8“Take care, in a case of leprous[2] disease, to be very careful to do according to all that the Levitical priests shall direct you. As I commanded them, so you shall be careful to do.9Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam on the way as you came out of Egypt. (Nu 12:10; De 25:17)10“When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not go into his house to collect his pledge.11You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you make the loan shall bring the pledge out to you.12And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep in his pledge.13You shall restore to him the pledge as the sun sets, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you. And it shall be righteousness for you before the Lord your God. (Ex 22:26; De 6:25; Job 29:13; Job 31:20; Ps 112:9; Da 4:27)14“You shall not oppress a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the sojourners who are in your land within your towns. (Le 25:39; Mal 3:5)15You shall give him his wages on the same day, before the sun sets (for he is poor and counts on it), lest he cry against you to the Lord, and you be guilty of sin. (Le 19:13; De 15:9; Jer 22:13; Jas 5:4)16“Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin. (2Ki 14:6; 2Ch 25:4; Jer 31:29; Eze 18:20)17“You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, or take a widow’s garment in pledge, (Ex 22:21; Ex 23:6; De 10:18; De 16:19; De 24:6; De 24:13; De 27:19; Job 24:3; Isa 1:23; Jer 5:28)18but you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this. (De 5:15)19“When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. (Le 19:9; Le 23:22; De 14:29)20When you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over them again. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.21When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not strip it afterward. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.22You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this. (De 24:18)
Deuteronomy 24
New International Version
from Biblica1If a man marries a woman who becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent about her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house,2and if after she leaves his house she becomes the wife of another man,3and her second husband dislikes her and writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, or if he dies,4then her first husband, who divorced her, is not allowed to marry her again after she has been defiled. That would be detestable in the eyes of the Lord. Do not bring sin upon the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.5If a man has recently married, he must not be sent to war or have any other duty laid on him. For one year he is to be free to stay at home and bring happiness to the wife he has married.6Do not take a pair of millstones – not even the upper one – as security for a debt, because that would be taking a person’s livelihood as security.7If someone is caught kidnapping a fellow Israelite and treating or selling them as a slave, the kidnapper must die. You must purge the evil from among you.8In cases of defiling skin diseases,[1] be very careful to do exactly as the Levitical priests instruct you. You must follow carefully what I have commanded them.9Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam along the way after you came out of Egypt.10When you make a loan of any kind to your neighbour, do not go into their house to get what is offered to you as a pledge.11Stay outside and let the neighbour to whom you are making the loan bring the pledge out to you.12If the neighbour is poor, do not go to sleep with their pledge in your possession.13Return their cloak by sunset so that your neighbour may sleep in it. Then they will thank you, and it will be regarded as a righteous act in the sight of the Lord your God.14Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.15Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor and are counting on it. Otherwise they may cry to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin.16Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.17Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge.18Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you from there. That is why I command you to do this.19When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.20When you beat the olives from your trees, do not go over the branches a second time. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow.21When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, do not go over the vines again. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow.22Remember that you were slaves in Egypt. That is why I command you to do this.
Deuteronomy 24
King James Version
1When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.2And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man' wife .3And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife;4Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.5When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.6No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man' life to pledge.7If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.8Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.9Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt.10When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.11Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.12And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:13In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.14Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:15At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.16The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow' raiment to pledge:18But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.19When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.20When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.21When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.22And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
Deuteronomy 24
New International Reader’s Version
from Biblica1Suppose a man marries a woman. But later he decides he doesn’t like her. He finds something shameful about her. So he gives her a letter of divorce and sends her away from his house.2Then after she leaves his house she becomes another man’s wife.3But her second husband doesn’t like her either. So he gives her a letter of divorce and sends her away from his house. Or perhaps he dies.4Then her first husband isn’t allowed to marry her again. The LORD would hate that. When her first husband divorced her, she became ‘unclean’. Don’t bring sin on the land the LORD your God is giving you as your own.5Suppose a man has just married his wife. Then don’t send him into battle. Don’t give him any other duty either. He’s free to stay home for one year. He needs time to make his new wife happy.6Someone might borrow money from you and give you two millstones to keep until you are paid back. Don’t keep them. Don’t even keep the upper one. That person needs both millstones to make a living.7Suppose someone is caught kidnapping another Israelite. And they sell or treat that person as a slave. Then the kidnapper must die. Get rid of that evil person.8What about skin diseases? Be very careful to do exactly what the priests, who are Levites, tell you to do. You must be careful to obey the commands I’ve given them.9Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on your way out of Egypt.10Suppose your neighbour borrows something from you. And he offers you something to keep until you get paid back. Then don’t go into their house to get it.11Stay outside. Let the neighbour bring it out to you.12The neighbour might be poor. You might be given their coat to keep until you get paid back. Don’t go to sleep while you still have it.13Return it before the sun goes down. They need it to sleep in and will thank you for returning it. The LORD your God will see it and know that you have done the right thing.14Don’t take advantage of any hired worker who is poor and needy. That applies to your own people. It also applies to outsiders living in one of your towns.15Give them their pay every day. They are poor and are counting on it. If you don’t pay them, they might cry out to the LORD against you. Then you will be guilty of committing a sin.16Parents must not be put to death because of what their children do. And children must not be put to death because of what their parents do. People must die because of their own sins.17Do what is right and fair for outsiders and for children whose fathers have died. Suppose a widow borrows something from you. And she offers to give you her coat until she pays you back. Don’t take it.18Remember that you were slaves in Egypt. Remember that the LORD your God set you free from there. That’s why I’m commanding you to do those things.19When you are gathering crops in your field, you might leave some corn behind by mistake. Don’t go back to get it. Leave it behind for outsiders and widows. Leave it for children whose fathers have died. Then the LORD your God will bless you in everything you do.20When you knock olives off your trees, don’t go back over the branches a second time. Leave what remains for outsiders and widows. Leave it for children whose fathers have died.21When you pick grapes in your vineyard, don’t go back over the vines a second time. Leave what remains for outsiders and widows. Leave it for children whose fathers have died.22Remember that you were slaves in Egypt. That’s why I’m commanding you to do these things.