Deuteronomy 24

New American Standard Bible 1995

Law of Divorce

24 “When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens ^[a]that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some ^(A)indecency in her, and ^(B)he 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 ^[b]turns 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 ^(C)former 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 Lord, and you shall not bring sin on the land which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance.

⁵ “^(D)When 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 ^(E)give happiness to his wife whom he has taken.

Sundry Laws

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

⁷ “^(F)If a man is ^[c]caught kidnapping any of his ^[d]countrymen 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 “^(G)Be careful against ^[e]an 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 Lord your God did ^(H)to Miriam on the way as you came out of Egypt.

¹⁰ “^(I)When 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 (J)When the sun goes down you shall surely return the pledge to him, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you; and ^(K)it will be righteousness for you before the Lord your God.

¹⁴ “^(L)You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your ^[f]countrymen or one of your aliens who is in your land in your ^[g]towns. ^15 (M)You shall give him his wages on his day ^[h]before the sun sets, for he is poor and sets his ^[i]heart on it; so that ^(N)he will not cry against you to the Lord and it become sin in you.

¹⁶ “^(O)Fathers shall not be put to death ^[j]for their sons, nor shall sons be put to death ^[k]for their fathers; everyone shall be put to death for his own sin.

¹⁷ “^(P)You shall not pervert the justice ^[l]due an alien or ^[m]an orphan, nor ^(Q)take a widow’s garment in pledge. ¹⁸ But you shall 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 “^(R)When 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 ^(S)for the alien, for the ^[n]orphan, and for the widow, in order that the Lord your God ^(T)may bless you in all the work of your hands. ^20 (U)When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs ^[o]again; it shall be ^(V)for the alien, for the ^[p]orphan, and for the widow.

²¹ “When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not ^[q]go over it again; it shall be for the alien, for the ^[r]orphan, 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.