Miscellaneous Laws

^15 (A)“You shall not give back to his master the slave who has escaped from his master to you. ¹⁶ He may dwell with you in your midst, in the place which he chooses within one of your gates, where it ^[a]seems best to him; ^(B)you shall not oppress him.

¹⁷ “There shall be no ritual ^[b]harlot ^(C)of the daughters of Israel, or a ^(D)perverted^[c] one of the sons of Israel. ¹⁸ You shall not bring the wages of a harlot or the price of a dog to the house of the Lord your God for any vowed offering, for both of these are ^[d]an abomination to the Lord your God.

^19 (E)“You shall not charge interest to your brother—interest on money or food or anything that is lent out at interest. ^20 (F)To a foreigner you may charge interest, but to your brother you shall not charge interest, ^(G)that the Lord your God may bless you in all to which you set your hand in the land which you are entering to possess.

^21 (H)“When you make a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not delay to pay it; for the Lord your God will surely require it of you, and it would be sin to you. ²² But if you abstain from vowing, it shall not be sin to you. ^23 (I)That which has gone from your lips you shall keep and perform, for you voluntarily vowed to the Lord your God what you have promised with your mouth.

²⁴ “When you come into your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes at your pleasure, but you shall not put any in your container. ²⁵ When you come into your neighbor’s standing grain, ^(J)you may pluck the heads with your hand, but you shall not use a sickle on your neighbor’s standing grain.

Law Concerning Divorce

24 “When a ^(K)man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some ^[e]uncleanness in her, and he writes her a ^(L)certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house, ² when she has departed from his house, and goes and becomes another man’s wife, ³ if the latter husband detests her and writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband dies who took her as his wife, ^4 (M)then her former husband who divorced her must not take her back to be his wife after she has been defiled; for that is ^[f]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.

Miscellaneous Laws

^5 (N)“When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war or be charged with any business; he shall be free at home one year, and ^(O)bring happiness to his wife whom he has taken.

⁶ “No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone in pledge, for he takes ^[g]one’s living in pledge.

⁷ “If a man is ^(P)found ^[h]kidnapping any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and mistreats him or sells him, then that kidnapper shall die; ^(Q)and you shall put away the evil from among you.

⁸ “Take heed in ^(R)an outbreak of leprosy, that you carefully observe and do according to all that the priests, the Levites, shall teach you; just as I commanded them, so you shall be careful to do. ^9 (S)Remember what the Lord your God did ^(T)to Miriam on the way when you came out of Egypt!

¹⁰ “When you ^(U)lend your brother anything, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge. ¹¹ You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you lend shall bring the pledge out to you. ¹² And if the man is poor, you shall not ^[i]keep his pledge overnight. ^13 (V)You shall in any case return the pledge to him again when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his own garment and ^(W)bless you; and ^(X)it shall be righteousness to you before the Lord your God.

¹⁴ “You shall not ^(Y)oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether one of your brethren or one of the aliens who is in your land within your gates. ¹⁵ Each day ^(Z)you shall give him his wages, and not let the sun go down on it, for he is poor and has set his heart on it; ^(AA)lest he cry out against you to the Lord, and it be sin to you.

^16 (AB)“Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; a person shall be put to death for his own sin.

^17 (AC)“You shall not pervert justice due the stranger or the fatherless, ^(AD)nor take a widow’s garment as a pledge. ¹⁸ But ^(AE)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 thing.

^19 (AF)“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 stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that the Lord your God may ^(AG)bless you in all the work of your hands. ²⁰ When you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. ²¹ When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it afterward; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. ²² And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this thing.

Laws of Social Responsibility

25 “If there is a ^(AH)dispute between men, and they come to ^[j]court, that the judges may judge them, and they ^(AI)justify the righteous and condemn the wicked, ² then it shall be, if the wicked man ^(AJ)deserves to be beaten, that the judge will cause him to lie down ^(AK)and be beaten in his presence, according to his guilt, with a certain number of blows. ^3 (AL)Forty blows he may give him and no more, lest he should exceed this and beat him with many blows above these, and your brother ^(AM)be humiliated in your sight.

^4 (AN)“You shall not muzzle an ox while it ^[k]treads out the grain.