Deuteronomy

A man ” As usual, all three participants in this case—the two householders and their wife—are labeled mainly in terms of their relationship to the situation. See the Dictionary under ’ish. takes a woman [into his household as his wife] and becomes her husband. She fails to please him because he finds something obnoxious about her, and he writes her a bill of divorcement, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house;

she leaves his household and becomes [the wife] of another man man See note at 24.1. ;

then this latter man rejects her, writes her a bill of divorcement, hands it to her, and sends her away from his household; or the man dies who had last taken her as his wife.

Then the first husband who divorced her shall not take her [into his household] to become his wife again, since she has been defiled defiled I.e., disqualified for him. —for that would be abhorrent to יהוה. You must not bring sin upon the land that your God יהוה is giving you as a heritage.

When a man man Or “householder”; see the first note at 1.31 and note at 24.1. has newly taken a woman [into his household as his wife], he shall not go out with the army or be assigned to it for any purpose; he shall be exempt one year for the sake of his household, to give happiness to the woman he has taken.

A handmill or an upper millstone shall not be taken in pawn, for that would be taking someone’s life in pawn.

If a party is found to have kidnapped—and then enslaved or sold—a fellow Israelite, that kidnapper shall die; thus you will sweep out evil from your midst.

In cases of a skin affection skin affection Cf. Lev. 13.1ff. be most careful to do exactly as the levitical priests instruct you. Take care to do as I have commanded them.

Remember what your God יהוה did to Miriam on the journey after you left Egypt. what your God … did to Miriam … after you left Egypt See Num. 12.10ff.

When you make a loan of any sort to your compatriot, you must not enter the house to seize the pledge.

You must remain outside, while the party to whom you made the loan brings the pledge out to you.

If that party is needy, you shall not go to sleep in that pledge;

you must return the pledge at sundown, that its owner may sleep in the cloth and bless you; and it will be to your merit before your God יהוה.

You shall not abuse a needy and destitute laborer, whether a fellow Israelite or a stranger in one of the communities of your land.

You must pay out the wages due on the same day, before the sun sets, for the worker is needy and urgently depends on it; else a cry to יהוה will be issued against you and you will incur guilt.

Parents shall not be put to death for children, nor children be put to death for parents: they shall each be put to death only for their own crime.

You shall not subvert the rights of the stranger or the fatherless; you shall not take a widow’s garment in pawn.

Remember that you were a slave in Egypt and that your God יהוה redeemed you from there; therefore do I enjoin you to observe this commandment.

When you reap the harvest in your field and overlook a sheaf in the field, do not turn back to get it; it shall go to the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow—in order that your God יהוה may bless you in all your undertakings.

When you beat down the fruit of your olive trees, do not go over them again; that shall go to the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.

When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, do not pick it over again; that shall go to the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.

Always remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore do I enjoin you to observe this commandment.