Deuteronomy 23:15-24:7

New King James Version

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.