Deuteronomy:24

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* »When a man marries a woman and later decides he does not love her because he found something he does not like about her he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out from his house . * »She leaves his house and becomes another man 's wife . * »If the latter husband 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 , * »her former husband who sent her away is not allowed to take her again to be his wife . She has been defiled . That is an abomination before Jehovah , and you shall not bring sin on the land Jehovah your God gives you as an inheritance . * »A newly married man must not be drafted into the army or charged with any duty . He shall be free at home one year and shall give happiness to the wife he has married . * »Do not take a hand mill or an upper millstone as security for a debt . That would be taking away a man ’s livelihood . * »If a man is caught kidnapping any of his brothers of the sons of Israel , and he deals with him violently or sells him , the thief shall die . You will purge the evil from among you . * »Stay away from the infection of leprosy . Diligently observe and do according to all that the Levitical priests teach you . I have commanded them , so be careful to obey . * »Remember what Jehovah your God did to Miriam on the road out of Egypt . * »When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort do not go into his house and repossess the security . * »Remain outside , and the man to whom you make the loan must bring the pledged security out to you . * »If he is a poor man , do not keep the pledged security over night . * »Return the pledge to him before the sun goes down . He will have his pledged item and he may sleep . He will bless you . And it will be righteousness for you before Jehovah your God . * »Do not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy , whether he is one of your brothers or one of your aliens who is in your land in your towns . * »Pay him his wages on the workday day before the sunsets . He is poor and sets his heart on it . He will not complain against you to Jehovah and it becomes your sin . * »Fathers shall not be put to death for their sons , nor shall sons be put to death for their fathers . Everyone shall be put to death for his own sin . * »Do not pervert the justice due an alien or an orphan . Do not take a widow 's garment in pledge . * »Remember that you were slaves in Egypt , and that Jehovah your God redeemed you from there . I therefore command you to do this . * »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 orphan , and for the widow , in order that Jehovah your God may bless you in all the work of your hands . * »When you beat the olives from your olive tree , you shall not go over the boughs again . It shall be for the alien , for the orphan , and for the widow . * »When you gather the grapes of your vineyard , you shall not go over it again . It shall be for the alien , for the orphan , and for the widow . * »You must remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt . I am commanding you to do this .

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