Deuteronomy 24:1-13 ▼

1 |If a man chooses to enter into marriage with a woman, but she finds herself displeasing to him because he has found something objectionable about her, he must draw up divorce papers, hand them to her, and then send her out of his house.

2 If she goes out from his house, becomes the wife of another man,

3 and this second husband dislikes her, he, also, must draw up divorce papers, hand them to her, and then send her away from his house. Should the second husband die,

4 her first husband who married her and divorced her earlier must not remarry her, because she was defiled, since this is detestable to the LORD. Don't defile the land that the LORD your God is about to give you as a possession.

5 |When a man is newly married, he must not be sent out to war or have a related duty placed on him. Let him stay home for one year and be happy with his wife whom he has married.

6 |Don't take a pair of millstones, especially the upper millstone, as collateral for a loan, because this means taking a man's livelihood.

7 |If a man is found kidnapping his relative, a fellow Israeli, and mistreats or sells him, that kidnapper must die. By doing this, you will remove this evil from among you.

8 |In cases of leprosy, be very careful to observe exactly what the Levitical priests instructed you. Carefully follow what I have commanded them.

9 Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam along the way as you were coming out of Egypt.|

10 |When you loan something to your neighbor, don't enter his house to seize what he offered as collateral.

11 Stay outside and let the man to whom you made the loan bring it out to you.

12 If he is a poor man, don't go to sleep with his collateral in your possession.

13 Be sure to return his garment to him at sunset so that he may sleep with it, and he will bless you. It will be a righteous deed in the presence of the LORD your God.