Deuteronomy 24 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

Law Concerning Divorce

Laws Concerning the Family

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

Deu 24:2

Deu 24:2“when she has departed from his house, and goes and becomes another man’s wife,

Deu 24:3

Deu 24:3“if the latter husband detests her and writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband dies who took her as his wife,

Deu 24:4

Deu 24:4“then her former husband who divorced her must not take her back to be his wife after 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 is giving you as an inheritance.

Miscellaneous Laws

Deu 24:5

Deu 24:5“When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war or be charged with any business; he shall be free at home one year, and bring happiness to his wife whom he has taken.

Deu 24:6

Deu 24:6“No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone in pledge, for he takes one’s living in pledge.

Deu 24:7

Deu 24:7“If a man is found kidnapping any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and mistreats him or sells him, then that kidnapper shall die; and you shall put away the evil from among you.

Deu 24:8

Deu 24:8“Take heed in an outbreak of leprosy, that you carefully observe and do according to all that the priests, the Levites, shall teach you; just as I 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 when you came out of Egypt!

Deu 24:10

Deu 24:10“When you lend your brother anything, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge.

Deu 24:11

Deu 24:11“You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you lend shall bring the pledge out to you.

Deu 24:12

Deu 24:12“And if the man is poor, you shall not keep his pledge overnight.

Deu 24:13

Deu 24:13“You shall in any case return the pledge to him again when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his own garment and bless you; and it shall be righteousness to 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 one of your brethren or one of the aliens who is in your land within your gates.

Deu 24:15

Deu 24:15“Each day you shall give him his wages, and not let the sun go down on it, for he is poor and has set his heart on it; lest he cry out against you to the LORD, and it be sin to you.

Deu 24:16

Deu 24:16“Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; a person shall be put to death for his own sin.

Deu 24:17

Deu 24:17“You shall not pervert justice due the stranger or the fatherless, nor take a widow’s garment as a pledge.

Deu 24:18

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

Deu 24:19

Deu 24:19“When you reap your harvest in your field, and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, 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 trees, you shall not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.

Deu 24:21

Deu 24:21“When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it afterward; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.

Deu 24:22

Deu 24:22“And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this thing.

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