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| 1"If a man chooses to enter into marriage with a woman, but she finds herself displeasing to him because he has found something objectionable about her, he must draw up divorce papers, hand them to her, and then send her out of his house. | 1If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house. |
| 2If she goes out from his house, becomes the wife of another man, | 2If, after leaving his house, she goes and becomes another man’s wife, |
| 3and this second husband dislikes her, he, also, must draw up divorce papers, hand them to her, and then send her away from his house. Should the second husband die, | 3and the second man hates her, writes her a certificate of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house, or if he dies, |
| 4her first husband who married her and divorced her earlier must not remarry her, because she was defiled, since this is detestable to the LORD. Don't defile the land that the LORD your God is about to give you as a possession. | 4then the husband who divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance. |
| 5"When a man is newly married, he must not be sent out to war or have a related duty placed on him. Let him stay home for one year and be happy with his wife whom he has married. | 5If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married. |
| 6"Don't take a pair of millstones, especially the upper millstone, as collateral for a loan, because this means taking a man's livelihood. | 6Do not take a pair of millstones or even an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking one’s livelihood as security. |
| 7"If a man is found kidnapping his relative, a fellow Israeli, and mistreats or sells him, that kidnapper must die. By doing this, you will remove this evil from among you. | 7If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you. |
| 8"In cases of leprosy, be very careful to observe exactly what the Levitical priests instructed you. Carefully follow what I have commanded them. | 8In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them. |
| 9Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam along the way as you were coming out of Egypt." | 9Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the journey after you came out of Egypt. |
| 10"When you loan something to your neighbor, don't enter his house to seize what he offered as collateral. | 10When you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security. |
| 11Stay outside and let the man to whom you made the loan bring it out to you. | 11You are to stand outside while the man to whom you are lending brings the security out to you. |
| 12If he is a poor man, don't go to sleep with his collateral in your possession. | 12If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession; |
| 13Be sure to return his garment to him at sunset so that he may sleep with it, and he will bless you. It will be a righteous deed in the presence of the LORD your God. | 13be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God. |
| 14Don't take advantage of a hired person who is poor and needy, whether he's your fellow citizen or a foreigner who lives in your city. | 14Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns. |
| 15Pay his wages that same day before the sun sets, because he is poor and his livelihood depends on it. Otherwise, he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will incur guilt." | 15You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin. |
| 16"Fathers must not be put to death on account of their children's sin; nor shall children die on account of their fathers' sin. Each person is to be put to death for his own sin. | 16Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin. |
| 17"Don't deny justice to a foreigner or to an orphan, nor take a widow's garment as collateral for a loan. | 17Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security. |
| 18Remember to observe this because you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from there. That is why I am commanding you to do this. | 18Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from that place. Therefore I am commanding you to do this. |
| 19"When you are reaping in the field, and you overlook a sheaf, don't return to get it. Let it remain for the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow, in order that the LORD your God may bless everything you undertake. | 19If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. |
| 20When you harvest the olives from your trees, don't go back to the branches a second time. What remains is for the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow. | 20When you beat the olives from your trees, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow. |
| 21When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, don't go back a second time. What remains are for the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow. | 21When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not go over the vines again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow. |
| 22Remember to do this because you were slaves in the land of Egypt. That is why I'm commanding you to do this." | 22Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this. |
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