Deuteronomy 24 : 1 (NCV)
A man might marry a woman but later decide she doesn't please him because he has found something bad about her. He writes out divorce papers for her, gives them to her, and sends her away from his house.
Deuteronomy 24 : 2 (NCV)
After she leaves his house, she goes and marries another man,
Deuteronomy 24 : 3 (NCV)
but her second husband does not like her either. So he writes out divorce papers for her, gives them to her, and sends her away from his house. Or the second husband might die.
Deuteronomy 24 : 4 (NCV)
In either case, her first husband who divorced her must not marry her again, because she has become unclean. The Lord would hate this. Don't bring this sin into the land the Lord your God is giving you as your own.
Deuteronomy 24 : 5 (NCV)
A man who has just married must not be sent to war or be given any other duty. He should be free to stay home for a year to make his new wife happy.
Deuteronomy 24 : 6 (NCV)
If someone owes you something, do not take his two stones for grinding grain -- not even the upper one -- in place of what he owes, because this is how the person makes a living.
Deuteronomy 24 : 7 (NCV)
If someone kidnaps a fellow Israelite, either to make him a slave or sell him, the kidnapper must be killed. You must get rid of the evil among you.
Deuteronomy 24 : 8 (NCV)
Be careful when someone has a skin disease. Do exactly what the priests, the Levites, teach you, being careful to do what I have commanded them.
Deuteronomy 24 : 9 (NCV)
Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam on your way out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 24 : 10 (NCV)
When you make a loan to your neighbors, don't go into their homes to get something in place of it.
Deuteronomy 24 : 11 (NCV)
Stay outside and let them go in and get what they promised you.
Deuteronomy 24 : 12 (NCV)
If a poor person gives you a coat to show he will pay the loan back, don't keep it overnight.
Deuteronomy 24 : 13 (NCV)
Give the coat back at sunset, because your neighbor needs that coat to sleep in, and he will be grateful to you. And the Lord your God will see that you have done a good thing.
Deuteronomy 24 : 14 (NCV)
Don't cheat hired servants who are poor and needy, whether they are fellow Israelites or foreigners living in one of your towns.
Deuteronomy 24 : 15 (NCV)
Pay them each day before sunset, because they are poor and need the money. Otherwise,they may complain to the Lord about you, and you will be guilty of sin.
Deuteronomy 24 : 16 (NCV)
Parents must not be put to death if their children do wrong, and children must not be put to death if their parents do wrong. Each person must die for his own sin.
Deuteronomy 24 : 17 (NCV)
Do not be unfair to a foreigner or an orphan. Don't take a widow's coat to make sure she pays you back.
Deuteronomy 24 : 18 (NCV)
Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the Lord your God saved you from there. That is why I am commanding you to do this.
Deuteronomy 24 : 19 (NCV)
When you are gathering your harvest in the field and leave behind a bundle of grain, don't go back and get it. Leave it there for foreigners, orphans, and widows so that the Lord your God can bless everything you do.
Deuteronomy 24 : 20 (NCV)
When you beat your olive trees to knock the olives off, don't beat the trees a second time. Leave what is left for foreigners, orphans, and widows.
Deuteronomy 24 : 21 (NCV)
When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, don't pick the vines a second time. Leave what is left for foreigners, orphans, and widows.
Deuteronomy 24 : 22 (NCV)
Remember that you were slaves in Egypt; that is why I am commanding you to do this.
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