Deuteronomy 24NO HIGHLIGHTSHIGHLIGHTS 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 uncleanness in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house, 24:2 ''when she has departed from his house, and goes and becomes another man's wife, 24:3 ''if the latter husband detests her and writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband dies who took her as his wife, 24:4 ''then her former husband who divorced her must not take her back to be his wife after 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 is giving you as an inheritance. 24:5 ''When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war or be charged with any business; he shall be free at home one year, and bring happiness to his wife whom he has taken. 24:6 ''No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone in pledge, for he takes one's living in pledge. 24:7 ''If a man is found kidnapping any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and mistreats him or sells him, then that kidnapper shall die; and you shall put away the evil from among you. 24:8 ''Take heed in an outbreak of leprosy, that you carefully observe and do according to all that the priests, the Levites, shall teach you; just as I commanded them, so you shall be careful to do. 24:9 ''Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the way when you came out of Egypt. 24:10 ''When you lend your brother anything, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge. 24:11 ''You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you lend shall bring the pledge out to you. 24:12 ''And if the man is poor, you shall not keep his pledge overnight. 24:13 ''You shall in any case return the pledge to him again when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his own garment and bless you; and it shall be righteousness to you before the LORD your God. 24:14 ''You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether one of your brethren or one of the aliens who is in your land within your gates. 24:15 ''Each day you shall give him his wages, and not let the sun go down on it, for he is poor and has set his heart on it; lest he cry out against you to the LORD, and it be sin to you. 24:16 ''Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall the children be put to death for their fathers; a person shall be put to death for his own sin. 24:17 ''You shall not pervert justice due the stranger or the fatherless, nor take a widow's garment as a pledge. 24:18 ''But you 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 thing. 24:19 ''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 stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. 24:20 ''When you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. 24:21 ''When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it afterward; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. 24:22 ''And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this thing.
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