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| | Deu 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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| | Deu 24:2 | and she leaves his house and goes and becomes another man's wife,
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| | Deu 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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| | Deu 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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| | Deu 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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| | Deu 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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| | Deu 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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| | Deu 24:8 | "Be careful against an infection of leprosy, that you diligently observe and do according to all that the Levitical priests teach you; as I have commanded them, so you shall be careful to do.
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| | Deu 24:9 | "Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam on the way as you came out of Egypt.
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| | Deu 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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| | Deu 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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| | Deu 24:12 | "If he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge.
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| | Deu 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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| | Deu 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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| | Deu 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 will not cry against you to the Lord and it become sin in you.
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| | Deu 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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| | Deu 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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| | Deu 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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| | Deu 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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| | Deu 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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| | Deu 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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| | Deu 24:22 | "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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| Scripture quotations taken from the NASB. |
