¹When a man takes a wife and marries her , then it shall be , if she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some unseemly thing in her , that he shall write her a certificate of divorce , put it in her hand , and send her out of his house .

²When she has departed out of his house , she may go and be another man’s wife.

³If the latter husband hates 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 to be his wife;

⁴her former husband , who sent her away , may not take her again to be his wife after she is defiled ; for that would be an abomination to the LORD . You shall not cause the land to sin , which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance .

⁵When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army , neither shall he be assigned any business . He shall be free at home one year , and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken .

⁶No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone as a pledge , for he takes a life in pledge .

⁷If a man is found stealing any of his brothers of the children of Israel , and he deals with him as a slave , or sells him , then that thief shall die . So you shall remove the evil from among you .

⁸Be careful in the plague of leprosy , that you observe diligently and do according to all that the Levitical priests teach you . As I commanded them , so you shall observe to do .

⁹Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam , by the way as you came out of Egypt .

¹⁰When you lend your neighbor any kind of loan , you shall not go into his house to get his pledge .

¹¹You shall stand outside , and the man to whom you lend shall bring the pledge outside to you .

¹²If he is a poor man , you shall not sleep with his pledge .

¹³You shall surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goes down , that he may sleep in his garment and bless you . It shall be righteousness to you before the LORD your God .

¹⁴You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy , whether he is one of your brothers or one of the foreigners who are in your land within your gates .

¹⁵In his day you shall give him his wages , neither shall the sun go down on it , for he is poor and sets his heart on it , lest he cry against you to the LORD , and it be sin to you .

¹⁶The fathers shall not be put to death for the children , neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers. Every man shall be put to death for his own sin .

¹⁷You shall not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice , nor take a widow’s clothing in pledge ;

¹⁸but you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt , and the LORD your God redeemed you there . Therefore I command you to do this thing .

¹⁹When you reap your harvest in your field , and have forgotten a sheaf in the field , you shall not go again to get it . It shall be for the foreigner , for the fatherless , and for the widow, that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands .

²⁰When you beat your olive tree , you shall not go over the boughs again . It shall be for the foreigner , for the fatherless , and for the widow.

²¹When you harvest your vineyard , you shall not glean it after yourselves. It shall be for the foreigner , for the fatherless , and for the widow.

²²You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt . Therefore I command you to do this thing .