Deuteronomy 24:18 - Prayer Tents

Divorce and Remarriage

24"Suppose a man marries a woman and later decides that he doesn't want her, because he finds something about her that he doesn't like. So he writes out divorce papers, gives them to her, and sends her away from his home.H376H3947H802H1166H4672H2580H5869H4672H1697H6172H3789H5612H3748H5414H3027H7971H1004

2Then suppose she marries another man,H3318H1004H1980H312H376

3and he also decides that he doesn't want her, so he also writes out divorce papers, gives them to her, and sends her away from his home. Or suppose her second husband dies.H314H376H8130H3789H5612H3748H5414H3027H7971H1004H314H376H4191H3947H802

4In either case, her first husband is not to marry her again; he is to consider her defiled. If he married her again, it would be offensive to the LORD. You are not to commit such a terrible sin in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.H7223H1167H7971H3201H3947H7725H802H310H2930H8441H6440H3068H776H2398H3068H430H5414H5159

Various Laws

5"When a man is newly married, he is not to be drafted into military service or any other public duty; he is to be excused from duty for one year, so that he can stay at home and make his wife happy.H376H3947H2319H802H3318H6635H5674H1697H5355H1004H259H8141H8055H802H3947

6"When you lend someone something, you are not to take as security his millstones used for grinding his grain. This would take away the family's means of preparing food to stay alive.H2254H7347H7393H2254H2254H5315H2254

7"If any of you kidnap Israelites and make them your slaves or sell them into slavery, you are to be put to death. In this way your nation will get rid of this evil.H376H4672H1589H5315H251H1121H3478H6014H4376H1590H4191H1197H7451H1197H7130

8"When you are suffering from a dreaded skin disease, be sure to do exactly what the levitical priests tell you; follow the instructions that I have given them.H8104H5061H6883H8104H3966H6213H3548H3881H3384H6680H8104H6213

9Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam as you were coming from Egypt.H2142H3068H430H6213H4813H1870H3318H4714

10"When you lend someone something, do not go into his house to get the garment he is going to give you as security;H5383H7453H3972H4859H935H1004H5670H5667

11wait outside and let him bring it to you himself.H5975H2351H376H5383H3318H5667H2351

12If he is poor, do not keep it overnight;H376H6041H7901H5667

13return it to him each evening, so that he can have it to sleep in. Then he will be grateful, and the LORD your God will be pleased with you.H7725H7725H5667H7725H8121H935H7901H8008H1288H6666H6440H3068H430

14"Do not cheat poor and needy hired servants, whether they are Israelites or foreigners living in one of your towns.H6231H7916H6041H34H251H1616H776H8179

15Each day before sunset pay them for that day's work; they need the money and have counted on getting it. If you do not pay them, they will cry out against you to the LORD, and you will be guilty of sin.H3117H5414H7939H8121H935H6041H5375H5315H7121H3068H2399

16"Parents are not to be put to death for crimes committed by their children, and children are not to be put to death for crimes committed by their parents; people are to be put to death only for a crime they themselves have committed.H1H4191H1121H1121H4191H1H376H4191H2399

17"Do not deprive foreigners and orphans of their rights; and do not take a widow's garment as security for a loan.H5186H4941H1616H3490H2254H490H899H2254

18Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the LORD your God set you free; that is why I have given you this command.H2142H5650H4714H3068H430H6299H6680H6213H1697

19"When you gather your crops and fail to bring in some of the grain that you have cut, do not go back for it; it is to be left for the foreigners, orphans, and widows, so that the LORD your God will bless you in everything you do.H7114H7105H7704H7911H6016H7704H7725H3947H1616H3490H490H3068H430H1288H4639H3027

20When you have picked your olives once, do not go back and get those that are left; they are for the foreigners, orphans, and widows.H2251H2132H6286H310H1616H3490H490

21When you have gathered your grapes once, do not go back over the vines a second time; the grapes that are left are for the foreigners, orphans, and widows.H1219H3754H5953H310H1616H3490H490

22Never forget that you were slaves in Egypt; that is why I have given you this command.H2142H5650H776H4714H6680H6213H1697