i.
The ordinance concerning divorce
24:1-4
Deut. 24
:1
24:1
When a man takes a woman and marries her, if she does not find favor in his sight, because he has found some indecency in her; and he writes her a
abill of divorce and puts
it in her hand and sends her away from his house;
Deut. 24
:2
24:2
And she goes forth from his house and goes to be another man’s;
Deut. 24
:3
24:3
And the latter husband despises her and writes her a bill of divorce and puts
it in her hand and sends her away from his house; or if the latter husband, who has taken her as his wife, dies;
Deut. 24
:4
24:4
Then the former husband, who sent her away, may
anot return to take her
again to be his wife after she has been defiled. For that is an abomination before Jehovah, and you shall not cause the land to sin, which Jehovah your God is giving you as an inheritance.
22.
Concerning a man taking a new wife
24:5
Deut. 24
:5
24:5
When a man takes a new
1awife, he shall not go out with the army, nor shall he be charged with any duty; he shall be free at home for one year, and he shall make his wife happy, whom he has taken.
g.
Taking a handmill or an upper millstone as a pledge
24:6
Deut. 24
:6
24:6
One shall not take a handmill or an upper millstone as a pledge, for he takes the livelihood as a pledge.
j.
The ordinance concerning kidnapping
24:7
Deut. 24
:7
24:7
If a man is found
akidnapping someone from among his brothers of the children of Israel and deals with him as a slave or sells him, then that kidnapper shall die. Thus you shall utterly
bremove the evil from your midst.
23.
Concerning a case of leprosy
24:8-9
Deut. 24
:8
24:8
Be careful in a case of
aleprosy to carefully keep and do all that the Levitical priests instruct you; as I commanded them, so shall you be certain to do.
Deut. 24
:9
24:9
Remember what Jehovah your God did to
aMiriam on the way when you came out of Egypt.
h.
Concerning taking a pledge from the borrower
24:10-13
Deut. 24
:10
24:10
When you lend anything to your neighbor, you shall not enter his house in order to take his pledge.
Deut. 24
:11
24:11
You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you are lending shall bring the pledge out to you.
Deut. 24
:12
24:12
And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge;
Deut. 24
:13
24:13
You must
areturn his pledge to him when the sun goes down, so that he may sleep in his mantle and bless you; and it will be righteousness to you before Jehovah your God.
i.
Concerning the wages given to the poor hired servant
24:14-15
Deut. 24
:14
24:14
You shall not oppress a poor and needy hired servant among your brothers or among the sojourners with you, who are in your land within your gates.
Deut. 24
:15
24:15
On the day he
earns it, you shall give
him his
awages, and the
bsun shall not go down upon it (for he is poor and his life depends on it); lest he cry against you to Jehovah and it become sin in you.
k.
The ordinances concerning fathers and their children
24:16
Deut. 24
:16
24:16
1aFathers shall not be put to death because of
their children, nor shall children be put to death because of
their fathers; every man shall be put to death for his
own sin.
j.
In remembering the need of a sojourner, and orphan, or a widow
24:17-22
Deut. 24
:17
24:17
You shall not distort justice
due a sojourner
or an orphan, nor shall you take a widow’s garment as a pledge.
Deut. 24
:18
24:18
But you shall
aremember that you were a slave in Egypt and
that Jehovah your God ransomed you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.
Deut. 24
:19
24:19
When you reap your harvest in your field and you forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not turn back to
agather it; it shall be for the sojourner, the orphan, and the widow, in order that Jehovah your God may bless you in all your undertakings.
Deut. 24
:20
24:20
When you beat down the fruit of your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs afterward; it shall be for the sojourner, the orphan, and the widow.
Deut. 24
:21
24:21
When you cut
the grapes from your vineyard, you shall not glean afterward; it shall be for the sojourner, the orphan, and the widow.
Deut. 24
:22
24:22
And you shall
aremember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.
