Divorce, and a wife not remarried twice
1If a man marries a woman and becomes her husband, but she does not please him because he finds something indecent about her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house, 2and if after leaving his house she goes and becomes another man’s wife, 3and her second husband turns against her, writes her a certificate of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house, or if he dies — 4then her first husband, who divorced her, may not marry her again after she has been defiled in this way, for that would be detestable to Yahweh. Do not bring sin upon the land Yahweh your God is giving you as an inheritance.
A new husband exempt from war
5If a man has recently married, he must not be sent to war or given any other duty. He is to be free at home for one year, to bring happiness to the wife he has married. 6Do not take a pair of millstones, or even just the upper one, as security for a debt, for that would be taking a life as security. 7If someone is caught kidnapping a fellow Israelite and treats him as a slave or sells him, that kidnapper must die. You must purge the evil from among you. 8In cases of a serious skin disease, be very careful to do exactly as the Levitical priests instruct you. Follow carefully what I have commanded them. 9Remember what Yahweh your God did to Miriam on the journey after you came out of Egypt.
Pledges, wages, and justice for the poor
10When you make a loan of any kind to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect what he is offering as a pledge. 11Stay outside and let the man to whom you are making the loan bring the pledge out to you. 12If he is a poor man, do not go to sleep with his pledge still in your possession. 13Return his pledge to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you, and this will be counted to you as righteousness before Yahweh your God. 14Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns. 15Pay him his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to Yahweh against you, and you will be guilty of sin. 16Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children for their parents; each person is to die for his own sin. 17Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, and do not take a widow’s garment as security for a debt. 18Remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you from there. That is why I command you to do this.
Gleanings left for the poor
19When you reap the harvest in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back for it. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. 20When you beat the olives from your trees, do not go over the branches a second time. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow. 21When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, do not go over it again. Leave what remains for the foreigner, 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.
