Deuteronomy:24-27

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* "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 , * when she has departed from his house , and goes and becomes another man 's wife , * 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 , * 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 . * "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 . * "No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone in pledge , for he takes one 's living in pledge . * "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 . * "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 . * Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the way when you came out of Egypt ! * "When you lend your brother anything , you shall not go into his house to get his pledge . * You shall stand outside , and the man to whom you lend shall bring the pledge out to you . * And if the man is poor , you shall not keep his pledge overnight . * 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 . * "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 . * 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 . * "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 . * "You shall not pervert justice due the stranger or the fatherless , nor take a widow 's garment as a pledge . * 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 . * "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 . * 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 . * 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 . * And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt ; therefore I command you to do this thing . * "If there is a dispute between men , and they come to court , that the judges may judge them , and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked , * then it shall be , if the wicked man deserves to be beaten , that the judge will cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence , according to his guilt , with a certain number of blows . * Forty blows he may give him and no more , lest he should exceed this and beat him with many blows above these , and your brother be humiliated in your sight . * "You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain . * "If brothers dwell together , and one of them dies and has no son , the widow of the dead man shall not be married to a stranger outside the family ; her husband 's brother shall go in to her , take her as his wife , and perform the duty of a husband 's brother to her . * And it shall be that the firstborn son which she bears will succeed to the name of his dead brother , that his name may not be blotted out of Israel . * But if the man does not want to take his brother 's wife , then let his brother 's wife go up to the gate to the elders , and say , "My husband 's brother refuses to raise up a name to his brother in Israel ; he will not perform the duty of my husband 's brother .' * Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him . But if he stands firm and says , "I do not want to take her ,' * then his brother 's wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders , remove his sandal from his foot , spit in his face , and answer and say , "So shall it be done to the man who will not build up his brother 's house .' * And his name shall be called in Israel , "The house of him who had his sandal removed .' * "If two men fight together , and the wife of one draws near to rescue her husband from the hand of the one attacking him , and puts out her hand and seizes him by the genitals , * then you shall cut off her hand ; your eye shall not pity her . * "You shall not have in your bag differing weights , a heavy and a light . * You shall not have in your house differing measures , a large and a small . * You shall have a perfect and just weight , a perfect and just measure , that your days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD your God is giving you . * For all who do such things , all who behave unrighteously , are an abomination to the LORD your God . * "Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you were coming out of Egypt , * how he met you on the way and attacked your rear ranks , all the stragglers at your rear , when you were tired and weary ; and he did not fear God . * Therefore it shall be , when the LORD your God has given you rest from your enemies all around , in the land which the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance , that you will blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven . You shall not forget . * "And it shall be , when you come into the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance , and you possess it and dwell in it , * that you shall take some of the first of all the produce of the ground , which you shall bring from your land that the LORD your God is giving you , and put it in a basket and go to the place where the LORD your God chooses to make His name abide . * And you shall go to the one who is priest in those days , and say to him , "I declare today to the LORD your God that I have come to the country which the LORD swore to our fathers to give us .' * "Then the priest shall take the basket out of your hand and set it down before the altar of the LORD your God . * And you shall answer and say before the LORD your God : "My father was a Syrian , about to perish , and he went down to Egypt and dwelt there , few in number ; and there he became a nation , great , mighty , and populous . * But the Egyptians mistreated us , afflicted us , and laid hard bondage on us . * Then we cried out to the LORD God of our fathers , and the LORD heard our voice and looked on our affliction and our labor and our oppression . * So the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm , with great terror and with signs and wonders . * He has brought us to this place and has given us this land , "a land flowing with milk and honey "; * and now , behold , I have brought the firstfruits of the land which you , O LORD , have given me .' "Then you shall set it before the LORD your God , and worship before the LORD your God . * So you shall rejoice in every good thing which the LORD your God has given to you and your house , you and the Levite and the stranger who is among you . * "When you have finished laying aside all the tithe of your increase in the third year--the year of tithing--and have given it to the Levite , the stranger , the fatherless , and the widow , so that they may eat within your gates and be filled , * then you shall say before the LORD your God : "I have removed the holy tithe from my house , and also have given them to the Levite , the stranger , the fatherless , and the widow , according to all Your commandments which You have commanded me ; I have not transgressed Your commandments , nor have I forgotten them . * I have not eaten any of it when in mourning , nor have I removed any of it for an unclean use , nor given any of it for the dead . I have obeyed the voice of the LORD my God , and have done according to all that You have commanded me . * Look down from Your holy habitation , from heaven , and bless Your people Israel and the land which You have given us , just as You swore to our fathers , "a land flowing with milk and honey ."' * "This day the LORD your God commands you to observe these statutes and judgments ; therefore you shall be careful to observe them with all your heart and with all your soul . * Today you have proclaimed the LORD to be your God , and that you will walk in His ways and keep His statutes , His commandments , and His judgments , and that you will obey His voice . * Also today the LORD has proclaimed you to be His special people , just as He promised you , that you should keep all His commandments , * and that He will set you high above all nations which He has made , in praise , in name , and in honor , and that you may be a holy people to the LORD your God , just as He has spoken ." * Now Moses , with the elders of Israel , commanded the people , saying : "Keep all the commandments which I command you today . * And it shall be , on the day when you cross over the Jordan to the land which the LORD your God is giving you , that you shall set up for yourselves large stones , and whitewash them with lime . * You shall write on them all the words of this law , when you have crossed over , that you may enter the land which the LORD your God is giving you , "a land flowing with milk and honey ,' just as the LORD God of your fathers promised you . * Therefore it shall be , when you have crossed over the Jordan , that on Mount Ebal you shall set up these stones , which I command you today , and you shall whitewash them with lime . * And there you shall build an altar to the LORD your God , an altar of stones ; you shall not use an iron tool on them . * You shall build with whole stones the altar of the LORD your God , and offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God . * You shall offer peace offerings , and shall eat there , and rejoice before the LORD your God . * And you shall write very plainly on the stones all the words of this law ." * Then Moses and the priests , the Levites , spoke to all Israel , saying , "Take heed and listen , O Israel : This day you have become the people of the LORD your God . * Therefore you shall obey the voice of the LORD your God , and observe His commandments and His statutes which I command you today ." * And Moses commanded the people on the same day , saying , * "These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people , when you have crossed over the Jordan : Simeon , Levi , Judah , Issachar , Joseph , and Benjamin ; * and these shall stand on Mount Ebal to curse : Reuben , Gad , Asher , Zebulun , Dan , and Naphtali . * "And the Levites shall speak with a loud voice and say to all the men of Israel : * "Cursed is the one who makes a carved or molded image , an abomination to the LORD , the work of the hands of the craftsman , and sets it up in secret .' "And all the people shall answer and say , "Amen !' * "Cursed is the one who treats his father or his mother with contempt .' "And all the people shall say , "Amen !' * "Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor 's landmark .' "And all the people shall say , "Amen !' * "Cursed is the one who makes the blind to wander off the road .' "And all the people shall say , "Amen !' * "Cursed is the one who perverts the justice due the stranger , the fatherless , and widow .' "And all the people shall say , "Amen !' * "Cursed is the one who lies with his father 's wife , because he has uncovered his father 's bed .' "And all the people shall say , "Amen !' * "Cursed is the one who lies with any kind of animal .' "And all the people shall say , "Amen !' * "Cursed is the one who lies with his sister , the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother .' "And all the people shall say , "Amen !' * "Cursed is the one who lies with his mother-in-law .' "And all the people shall say , "Amen !' * "Cursed is the one who attacks his neighbor secretly .' "And all the people shall say , "Amen !' * "Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person .' "And all the people shall say , "Amen !' * "Cursed is the one who does not confirm all the words of this law .' "And all the people shall say , "Amen !"' * "Now it shall come to pass , if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God , to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today , that the LORD your God will set you high above all nations of the earth .

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