KJV Easy Read Bible Law Concerning Divorce1When a man has taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favor in his eyes, because he has 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. MARK 10:4 2And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s wife. 3And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and gives it in her hand, and sends 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 you; shall not cause the land to sin, which the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance. detestable Miscellaneous Laws5When a man has 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 has taken. LUKE 14:20 6No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he takes a man’s life to pledge. lower 7If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and makes merchandise of him, or sells him; then that thief shall die; and you shall put evil away from among youp. 8Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that you observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach youp: as I commanded them, so youp shall observe to do. 9Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam by the way, after that youp were come forth out of Egypt. 10When you do lend your brother any thing, you shall not go into his house to bring his pledge. security, collateral 11You shall stand abroad, and the man to whom you do lend shall bring out the pledge abroad to you. 12And if the man be poor, you shall not sleep with his pledge: keep overnight 13In any case you shall deliver him the pledge again when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his own raiment and bless you: and it shall be righteousness to you before the Lord your God. cloak 14You shall not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of your brethren, or of your strangers that are in your land inside your gates: 15At his day you shall give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and sets his heart upon it: lest he cry against you to the Lord, and it be sin to you. wages 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. 17You shall not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge: 18But you shall remember that you were a bondman in Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you from there: therefore I command you to do this thing. 19When you cut down your harvest in your field, and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to bring it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. 20When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 21When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 22And you shall remember that you were a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command you to do this thing. The Trusted King James in an Easy Read Format® is a registered trademarks of Whitaker Corporation. KJVERTM, Word of GodTM, Red Letter OldTM, Old Testament Direct Words of God in RedTM, King James Version Sword BibleTM, and SwordKJVTM are trademarked slogans of Whitaker Corporation. |
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