Deḇarim (Deuteronomy) 24

Deut 24:1 “When a man takes a wife and shall marry her, then it shall be, if
she finds no favour in his eyes because he has found a matter of
uncoveredness in her, and he shall write her a certificate of divorce, and put
it in her hand, and send her out of his house,
Deut 24:2 and if she left his house and went and became another man’s wife,
Deut 24:3 and the latter husband shall hate her and write her a certificate of
divorce, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house, or when the
latter husband dies who took her to be his wife,
Deut 24:4 then her former husband who sent her away is not allowed to take
her back to be his wife after she has been defiled, for that would be an
abomination before יהוה. And do not bring sin on the land which יהוה your
Elohim is giving you as an inheritance.
Deut 24:5 “When a man has taken a new wife, let him not go out into the
army nor let any matter be imposed upon him. He shall be exempt one year
for the sake of his home, to rejoice with his wife whom he has taken.
Deut 24:6 “No one takes in pledge the lower or the upper millstone, for he
would be taking a life in pledge.
Deut 24:7 “When a man is found kidnapping any of his brothers of the
children of Yisra’ĕl, and treats him harshly or sells him, then that kidnapper
shall die. Thus you shall purge the evil from your midst.
Deut 24:8 “Take heed, in an outbreak of leprosy, to diligently guard and do
according to all that the priests, the Lĕwites, teach you. As I have
commanded them, so you shall guard to do.
Deut 24:9 “Remember what יהוה your Elohim did to Miryam on the way
when you came out of Mitsrayim.
Deut 24:10 “When you lend your brother a loan, do not go into his house to
get his pledge.
Deut 24:11 “Stand outside, and let the man to whom you lend bring the
pledge out to you.
Deut 24:12 “And if the man is poor, do not sleep with his pledge.
Deut 24:13 “By all means return the pledge to him at sundown, and he shall
sleep in his own garment, and shall bless you. And it shall be righteousness
to you before יהוה your Elohim.
Deut 24:14 “Do not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, of your
brothers or of the strangers who is in your land within your gates.
Deut 24:15 “Give him his wages on the same day, and do not let the sun go
down on it, for he is poor and lifts up his being to it, so that he does not cry
out against you to יהוה, and it shall be sin in you.
Deut 24:16 “Fathers are not put to death for their children, and children are
not put to death for their fathers, each is to die for his own sin.
Deut 24:17 “Do not twist the right-ruling of a stranger or the fatherless, nor
take the garment of a widow.
Deut 24:18 “But you shall remember that you were a slave in Mitsrayim, and
that יהוה your Elohim redeemed you from there. Therefore I am commanding
you to do this word.
Deut 24:19 “When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgotten a
sheaf in the field, do not go back to get it. Let it be for the stranger, for the
fatherless, and for the widow, so that יהוה your Elohim might bless you in all
the work of your hands.
Deut 24:20 “When you beat your olive trees, do not examine the branch
behind you. Let it be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
Deut 24:21 “When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, do not glean
behind you. Let it be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
Deut 24:22 “And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of
Mitsrayim. Therefore I am commanding you to do this word.