1 Suppose a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house.
2 She leaves his house and goes off to become the wife of another man,
3 and the second husband also turns against her, writes her a certificate of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house, or the second husband who married her dies.
4 In that case the first husband who divorced her is not allowed to marry her again, since she has been defiled. That would be detestable in the sight of the LORD. Do not bring guilt on the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
5 When a man has newly married, he must not be sent out with the army or have any other duty imposed on him. He is to be free to stay at home for one year and make the wife he has married happy.
6 Do not take a pair of millstones, or even an upper millstone, as security for a debt, for that would be taking a person's life as security.
7 If a man is caught kidnapping one of his brothers from among the children of Israel, and he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. In this way you will purge the evil from your midst.
8 In cases of leprosy, be on your guard to do exactly as the Levitical priests instruct you. Carefully follow what I have commanded them.
9 Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam along the way after you came out of Egypt.
10 When you lend your neighbor anything at all, do not go into his house to collect his pledge.
11 Wait outside, and let the man you are lending to bring the pledge out to you.
12 If he is poor, do not go to sleep with his pledge in your keeping.
13 Be sure to give the pledge back to him at sunset, so that he can sleep in his cloak and bless you. It will be counted as righteousness for you before the LORD your God.
14 Do not exploit a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or a sojourner living in one of the towns in your land.
15 Pay him his wages each day before sunset, for he is poor and is counting on it. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
16 Fathers are not to be put to death for their sons, nor sons for their fathers; each person is to be put to death for his own sin.
17 Do not deprive the sojourner or the fatherless of justice, and do not take a widow's cloak as a pledge.
18 Remember that you were a slave in Egypt and that the LORD your God redeemed you from there. That is why I command you to do this.
19 When you harvest your field and overlook a sheaf, do not go back for it. Leave it for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all your undertakings.
20 When you beat the olives from your trees, do not go back over the branches a second time. Leave what remains for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.
21 When you pick the grapes in your vineyard, do not go back over the vines. Leave what remains for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.
22 Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt. That is why I command you to do this.