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| 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 indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts [it] in her hand and sends her out from his house,
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| 24:2 |
and she leaves his house and goes and becomes another man's [wife],
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| 24:3 |
and 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,
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| 24:4 |
[then] her former husband who sent her away is not allowed to take her again to be his wife, since 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 gives you as an inheritance.
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| 24:5 |
"When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out with the army, nor be charged with any duty; he shall be free at home one year and shall give happiness to his wife whom he has taken.
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| 24:6 |
"No one shall take a handmill or an upper millstone in pledge, for he would be taking a life in pledge.
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| 24:7 |
"If a man is caught kidnapping any of his countrymen of the sons of Israel, and he deals with him violently, or sells him, then that thief shall die; so you shall purge the evil from among you.
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| 24:8 |
"Be careful against an infection of leprosy, that you diligently observe and do according to all that the Levitical priests shall teach you; as I have commanded them, so you shall be careful to do.
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| 24:9 |
"Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the way as you came out of Egypt.
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| 24:10 |
"When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not enter his house to take his pledge.
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| 24:11 |
"You shall remain outside, and the man to whom you make the loan shall bring the pledge out to you.
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| 24:12 |
"And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge.
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| 24:13 |
"When the sun goes down you shall surely return the pledge to him, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you; and it will be righteousness for you before the LORD your God.
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| 24:14 |
"You shall not oppress a hired servant [who is] poor and needy, whether [he is] one of your countrymen or one of your aliens who is in your land in your towns.
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| 24:15 |
"You shall give him his wages on his day before the sun sets, for he is poor and sets his heart on it; so that he may not cry against you to the LORD and it become sin in you.
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| 24:16 |
"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.
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| 24:17 |
"You shall not pervert the justice due an alien [or] an orphan, nor take a widow's garment in pledge.
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| 24:18 |
"But you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and that the LORD your God redeemed you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.
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| 24:19 |
"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 the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
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| 24:20 |
"When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow.
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| 24:21 |
"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.
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| 24:22 |
"And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.
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