1When a man takes a wife and marries her, she may no longer please him, because he has found something unclean in her. Then let him write her a certificate of divorce, put it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
2When she has left his house, she may go and become another man's wife.
3The second husband may also hate her, and write her a certificate of divorce, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house. Or the second husband, who took her as his wife, may die.
4Then her first husband, who sent her away, may not take her back as his wife, since she has been defiled. That is a hateful thing before the LORD. You must not bring sin on the land that the LORD your God is giving you as your inheritance.
5When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, and no duty shall be laid on him. He shall be free at home for one year, and shall bring joy to the wife he has taken.
6No one shall take a millstone, or even the upper millstone, as a pledge, for that is taking a man's life as a pledge.
7If a man is found stealing any of his brothers, one of the children of Israel, and treats him as goods to sell, or sells him, then that thief shall die. So you shall put away evil from among you.
8Be careful when there is a spot of leprosy. Watch carefully, and do everything the priests, the Levites, teach you. Do carefully what I commanded them.
10When you lend your brother anything, you shall not go into his house to take his pledge.
11You shall stand outside, and the man you are lending to shall bring the pledge out to you.
12If the man is poor, you shall not sleep with his pledge.
13You must give the pledge back to him when the sun goes down, so that he may sleep in his own clothes and bless you. This will be righteousness for 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 strangers who are in your land, inside your gates.
15Give him his pay on the same day, before the sun goes down. He is poor, and he is counting on it. If you do not, he may cry out against you to the LORD, and it will be sin for you.
16Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, and children shall not be put to death for their fathers. Each person shall be put to death for his own sin.
17You shall not twist justice against the stranger or the fatherless, and you shall not take a widow's clothing as a pledge.
18Remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and the LORD your God set you free from there. That is why I command you to do this.
19When you cut down your harvest in your field, and you forget a sheaf in the field, do not go back to get it. It shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
20When you beat your olive tree, do not go over the branches again. What is left shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.
21When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, do not go over it again. What is left shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.
22Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt. That is why I command you to do this.