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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1“Suppose a man marries a woman but she does not please him. Having discovered something wrong with her, he writes a document of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2When she leaves his house, she is free to marry another man. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3But if the second husband also turns against her, writes a document of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away, or if he dies, |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4the first husband may not marry her again, for she has been defiled. That would be detestable to the LORD. You must not bring guilt upon the land the LORD your God is giving you as a special possession. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5“A newly married man must not be drafted into the army or be given any other official responsibilities. He must be free to spend one year at home, bringing happiness to the wife he has married. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6“It is wrong to take a set of millstones, or even just the upper millstone, as security for a loan, for the owner uses it to make a living. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7“If anyone kidnaps a fellow Israelite and treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. In this way, you will purge the evil from among you. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8“In all cases involving serious skin diseases, be careful to follow the instructions of the Levitical priests; obey all the commands I have given them. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam as you were coming from Egypt. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10“If you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to pick up the item he is giving as security. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11You must wait outside while he goes in and brings it out to you. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12If your neighbor is poor and gives you his cloak as security for a loan, do not keep the cloak overnight. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Return the cloak to its owner by sunset so he can stay warm through the night and bless you, and the LORD your God will count you as righteous. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14“Never take advantage of poor and destitute laborers, whether they are fellow Israelites or foreigners living in your towns. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15You must pay them their wages each day before sunset because they are poor and are counting on it. If you don’t, they might cry out to the LORD against you, and it would be counted against you as sin. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16“Parents must not be put to death for the sins of their children, nor children for the sins of their parents. Those deserving to die must be put to death for their own crimes. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17“True justice must be given to foreigners living among you and to orphans, and you must never accept a widow’s garment as security for her debt. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Always remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the LORD your God redeemed you from your slavery. That is why I have given you this command. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19“When you are harvesting your crops and forget to bring in a bundle of grain from your field, don’t go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigners, orphans, and widows. Then the LORD your God will bless you in all you do. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20When you beat the olives from your olive trees, don’t go over the boughs twice. Leave the remaining olives for the foreigners, orphans, and widows. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21When you gather the grapes in your vineyard, don’t glean the vines after they are picked. Leave the remaining grapes for the foreigners, orphans, and widows. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. That is why I am giving you this command. |
| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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