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Deuteronomy 24 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Law of Divorce

Deu 24:1

Deu 24:1“When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens [fn]that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out from his house,

Deu 24:2

Deu 24:2and she leaves his house and goes and becomes another man’s wife,

Deu 24:3

Deu 24:3and if the latter husband [fn]turns against her and writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband dies who took her to be his wife,

Deu 24:4

Deu 24:4then her former husband who sent her away is not allowed to take her again to be his wife, since she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before the LORD, and you shall not bring sin on the land which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance.

Deu 24:5

Deu 24:5“When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out with the army nor be charged with any duty; he shall be free at home one year and shall give happiness to his wife whom he has taken.

Sundry Laws

Deu 24:6

Deu 24:6“No one shall take a handmill or an upper millstone in pledge, for he would be taking a life in pledge.

Deu 24:7

Deu 24:7“If a man is [fn]caught kidnapping any of his [fn]countrymen of the sons of Israel, and he deals with him violently or sells him, then that thief shall die; so you shall purge the evil from among you.

Deu 24:8

Deu 24:8“Be careful against [fn]an infection of leprosy, that you diligently observe and do according to all that the Levitical priests teach you; as I have commanded them, so you shall be careful to do.

Deu 24:9

Deu 24:9“Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the way as you came out of Egypt.

Deu 24:10

Deu 24:10“When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not enter his house to take his pledge.

Deu 24:11

Deu 24:11“You shall remain outside, and the man to whom you make the loan shall bring the pledge out to you.

Deu 24:12

Deu 24:12“If he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge.

Deu 24:13

Deu 24:13“When the sun goes down you shall surely return the pledge to him, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you; and it will be righteousness for you before the LORD your God.

Deu 24:14

Deu 24:14“You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your [fn]countrymen or one of your aliens who is in your land in your [fn]towns.

Deu 24:15

Deu 24:15“You shall give him his wages on his day [fn]before the sun sets, for he is poor and sets his [fn]heart on it; so that he will not cry against you to the LORD and it become sin in you.

Deu 24:16

Deu 24:16“Fathers shall not be put to death [fn]for their sons, nor shall sons be put to death [fn]for their fathers; everyone shall be put to death for his own sin.

Deu 24:17

Deu 24:17“You shall not pervert the justice [fn]due an alien or [fn]an orphan, nor take a widow’s garment in pledge.

Deu 24:18

Deu 24:18“But you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and that the LORD your God redeemed you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.

Deu 24:19

Deu 24:19“When you reap your harvest in your field and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the alien, for the [fn]orphan, and for the widow, in order that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

Deu 24:20

Deu 24:20“When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs [fn]again; it shall be for the alien, for the [fn]orphan, and for the widow.

Deu 24:21

Deu 24:21“When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not [fn]go over it again; it shall be for the alien, for the [fn]orphan, and for the widow.

Deu 24:22

Deu 24:22“You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.
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NASB95 Footnotes
Literally: if
Literally: hates her
Literally: found stealing
Literally: brothers
Literally: a mark or stroke
Literally: brothers
Literally: gates
Literally: that the sun shall not go down on it
Literally: soul
Or, with
Literally: of
Or, the fatherless
Or, fatherless
Literally: after yourself
Or, fatherless
Literally: glean it after yourself
Or, fatherless
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