Laws Concerning Divorce
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"When a man takes a wife and marries her, if then she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and 1he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, and she departs out of his house,
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and if she goes and becomes another man's wife,
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and the latter man hates 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 man dies, who took her to be his wife,
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then 2her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination before the LORD. And you shall not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance.
Miscellaneous Laws
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3"When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free at home one year 4to be happy with his wife whom he has taken.
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"No one shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge, for that would be taking a life in pledge.
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5"If a man is found stealing one of his brothers of the people of Israel, and if he 6treats him as a slave or sells him, then that thief shall die. 7So you shall purge the evil from your midst.
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"Take care, in 8a case of leprousa disease, to be very careful to do according to all that the Levitical priests shall direct you. As I commanded them, so you shall be careful to do.
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"When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not go into his house to collect his pledge.
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You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you make the loan shall bring the pledge out to you.
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And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep in his pledge.
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11You shall restore to him the pledge as the sun sets, that he may sleep in his cloak and 12bless you. And 13it shall be righteousness for you before the LORD your God.
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"You shall not 14oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the sojourners who are in your land within your towns.
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15You shall give him his wages on the same day, before the sun sets (for he is poor and counts on it), 16lest he cry against you to the LORD, and you be guilty of sin.
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17"Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin.
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18"You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, 19or take a widow's garment in pledge,
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but 20you 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.
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21"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 sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, 22that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
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When you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over them again. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.
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When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not strip it afterward. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.
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(English Standard Version - The Holy Bible Online)