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When◦ a man◦ has taken a wife, and married her, and it be that she find not grace in his eyes, for he has found a matter of nakedness in her; then let him write her a letter of divorce*, and give it into her hand, and send· her ·out from his house.
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And she goes··out from his house, and she may go◦ and be for another man◦.
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And if the latter man◦ hate her, and write her a letter of divorce, and gives it into her hand, and sends· her ·out from his house; or if the latter man◦ die, who took her to himself for a wife;
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her former husband, who sent· her ·out, may not take her again* to be to him for a wife, after she is defiled; for it◦ is an abomination before Jehovah; and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which Jehovah thy God gives thee as an inheritance.
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When a man◦ has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any matter; but he shall be free at his house one year, and shall gladden his wife which he has taken.
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He shall not take··as··a··pledge the lower millstone or the upper··millstone; for he takes··as··a··pledge the soul.
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If a man◦ be··found stealing the soul of his brothers of the sons of Israel, and makes··money off him, or sells him; then that thief shall··die; and thou shalt sweep··away evil from among you.
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Take··heed in the plague of leprosy, to observe closely*, and do according··to all that the priests the Levites shall instruct you; as◦ I commanded them, so you shall observe to do.
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Remember what Jehovah thy God did to Miriam by the way, after that you were come forth out of Egypt.
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When thou dost loan with thy companion a loan of anything, thou shalt not come into his house to get··the··pledge◦, his pledge◦.
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Thou shalt stand in the street, and the man◦ to whom thou didst loan shall bring··out the pledge◦ to▵ thee to the street.
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And if the man◦ be afflicted, thou shalt not lie··down with his pledge◦;
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returning thou shalt return the pledge◦ to him when the sun sets◦*, and he shall lie··down in his own raiment, and bless thee; and it shall be justice to thee before Jehovah thy God.
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Thou shalt not oppress a hireling that is afflicted and needy, from thy brothers, or from thy sojourners who are in thy land within◦ thy gates;
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at his day thou shalt give him his wage, neither shall the sun set▵* upon it; for he is afflicted, and bears his soul upon it; lest he call against thee to Jehovah, and it be sin to thee.
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The fathers shall not be put··to··death for the sons, neither shall the sons be put··to··death for the fathers; every man◦ shall be put··to··death for his own sin.
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Thou shalt not distort◦ the judgment of the sojourner and* of the orphan; and thou shalt not take··as··a··pledge the garment of a widow;
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but thou shalt remember that thou wast a servant in Egypt, and Jehovah thy God redeemed◦ thee thence; therefore I▵ am commanding thee to do this word.
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When thou harvestest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgotten a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not return to take it; it shall be for the sojourner, for the orphan, and for the widow: that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the deeds of thy hands.
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When◦ thou beatest◦ thine olive··tree, thou shalt not glean afterwards; it shall be for the sojourner, for the orphan, and for the widow.
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When◦ thou gatherest··the··vintage of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterwards; it shall be for the sojourner, for the orphan, and for the widow.
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And thou shalt remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt; therefore I command thee to do this word.
