^{1 Ref} `When a man doth take a wife, and hath married her, and it hath been, if she doth not find grace in his eyes (for he hath found in her nakedness of anything), and he hath written for her a writing of divorce, and given `it' into her hand, and sent her out of his house,

^{2 Ref} and she hath gone out of his house, and hath gone and been another man's,

³ and the latter man hath hated her, and written for her a writing of divorce, and given `it' into her hand, and sent her out of his house, or when the latter man dieth, who hath taken her to himself for a wife:

^{4 Ref} `Her former husband who sent her away is not able to turn back to take her to be to him for a wife, after that she hath become defiled; for an abomination it `is' before Jehovah, and thou dost not cause the land to sin which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance.

^{5 Ref} `When a man taketh a new wife, he doth not go out into the host, and `one' doth not pass over unto him for anything; free he is at his own house one year, and hath rejoiced his wife whom he hath taken.

^{6 Ref} `None doth take in pledge millstones, and rider, for life it `is' he is taking in pledge.

^{7 Ref} `When a man is found stealing a person, of his brethren, of the sons of Israel, and hath tyrannized over him, and sold him, then hath that thief died, and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst.

^{8 Ref} `Take heed, in the plague of leprosy, to watch greatly, and to do according to all that the priests, the Levites, teach you; as I have commanded them ye observe to do;

^{9 Ref} remember that which Jehovah thy God hath done to Miriam in the way, in your coming out of Egypt.

^{10 Ref} `When thou liftest up on thy brother a debt of anything, thou dost not go in unto his house to obtain his pledge;

¹¹ at the outside thou dost stand, and the man on whom thou art lifting `it' up is bringing out unto thee the pledge at the outside.

^{12 Ref} `And if he is a poor man, thou dost not lie down with his pledge;

^{13 Ref} thou dost certainly give back to him the pledge at the going in of the sun, and he hath lain down in his own raiment, and hath blessed thee; and to thee it is righteousness before Jehovah thy God.

^{14 Ref} `Thou dost not oppress a hireling, poor and needy, of thy brethren or of thy sojourner who is in thy land within thy gates;

^{15 Ref} in his day thou dost give his hire, and the sun doth not go in upon it, for he `is' poor, and unto it he is lifting up his soul, and he doth not cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee -- sin.

^{16 Ref} `Fathers are not put to death for sons, and sons are not put to death for fathers -- each for his own sin, they are put to death.

^{17 Ref} `Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take in pledge the garment of a widow;

^{18 Ref} and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in Egypt, and Jehovah thy God doth ransom thee from thence; therefore I am commanding thee to do this thing.

^{19 Ref} `When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgotten a sheaf in a field, thou dost not turn back to take it; to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, it is; so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in all the work of thy hands.

^{20 Ref} `When thou beatest thine olive, thou dost not examine the branch behind thee; to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, it is.

^{21 Ref} `When thou cuttest thy vineyard, thou dost not glean behind thee; to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, it is;

^{22 Ref} and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding thee to do this thing.

^{1 Ref} If a man takes a wife, and after they are married she is unpleasing to him because of some bad quality in her, let him give her a statement in writing and send her away from his house.

^{2 Ref} And when she has gone away from him, she may become another man's wife.

³ And if the second husband has no love for her and, giving her a statement in writing, sends her away; or if death comes to the second husband to whom she was married;

^{4 Ref} Her first husband, who had sent her away, may not take her back after she has been wife to another; for that is disgusting to the Lord: and you are not to be a cause of sin in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.

^{5 Ref} A newly married man will not have to go out with the army or undertake any business, but may be free for one year, living in his house for the comfort of his wife.

^{6 Ref} No one is to take, on account of a debt, the stones with which grain is crushed: for in doing so he takes a man's living.

^{7 Ref} If a man takes by force one of his countrymen, the children of Israel, using him as his property or getting a price for him, that thief is to be put to death: so you are to put away evil from among you.

^{8 Ref} In connection with the leper's disease, take care to keep and do every detail of the teaching of the priests, the Levites: as I gave them orders, so you are to do.

^{9 Ref} Keep in mind what the Lord your God did to Miriam on the way, when you came out of Egypt.

^{10 Ref} If you let your brother have the use of anything which is yours, do not go into his house and take anything of his as a sign of his debt;

¹¹ But keep outside till he comes out and gives it to you.

^{12 Ref} If he is a poor man, do not keep his property all night;

^{13 Ref} But be certain to give it back to him when the sun goes down, so that he may have his clothing for sleeping in, and will give you his blessing: and this will be put to your account as righteousness before the Lord your God.

^{14 Ref} Do not be hard on a servant who is poor and in need, if he is one of your countrymen or a man from another nation living with you in your land.

^{15 Ref} Give him his payment day by day, not keeping it back over night; for he is poor and his living is dependent on it; and if his cry against you comes to the ears of the Lord, it will be judged as sin in you.

^{16 Ref} Fathers are not to be put to death for their children or children for their fathers: every man is to be put to death for the sin which he himself has done.

^{17 Ref} Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:

^{18 Ref} But keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God made you free: for this is why I give you orders to do this.

^{19 Ref} When you get in the grain from your field, if some of the grain has been dropped by chance in the field, do not go back and get it, but let it be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow: so that the blessing of the Lord your God may be on all the work of your hands.

^{20 Ref} When you are shaking the fruit from your olive-trees, do not go over the branches a second time: let some be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow.

^{21 Ref} When you are pulling the grapes from your vines, do not take up those which have been dropped; let them be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow.

^{22 Ref} Keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt: for this is why I give you orders to do this.