1 “ When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some uncleanness in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house,

`When a man doth take a wife, and hath married her, and it hath been, if she doth not find grace in his eyes (for he hath found in her nakedness of anything), and he hath written for her a writing of divorce, and given into her hand, and sent her out of his house,

2 w hen she has departed from his house, and goes and becomes another man’s wife,

and she hath gone out of his house, and hath gone and been another man's,

3 i f the latter husband detests her and writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband dies who took her as his wife,

and the latter man hath hated her, and written for her a writing of divorce, and given into her hand, and sent her out of his house, or when the latter man dieth, who hath taken her to himself for a wife:

4 t hen her former husband who divorced her must not take her back to be his wife after she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before the Lord, and you shall not bring sin on the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance. Miscellaneous Laws

`Her former husband who sent her away is not able to turn back to take her to be to him for a wife, after that she hath become defiled; for an abomination it before Jehovah, and thou dost not cause the land to sin which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance.

5 “ When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war or be charged with any business; he shall be free at home one year, and bring happiness to his wife whom he has taken.

`When a man taketh a new wife, he doth not go out into the host, and doth not pass over unto him for anything; free he is at his own house one year, and hath rejoiced his wife whom he hath taken.

6 “ No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone in pledge, for he takes one’s living in pledge.

`None doth take in pledge millstones, and rider, for life it he is taking in pledge.

7 “ If a man is found kidnapping any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and mistreats him or sells him, then that kidnapper shall die; and you shall put away the evil from among you.

`When a man is found stealing a person, of his brethren, of the sons of Israel, and hath tyrannized over him, and sold him, then hath that thief died, and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst.

8 “ Take heed in an outbreak of leprosy, that you carefully observe and do according to all that the priests, the Levites, shall teach you; just as I commanded them, so you shall be careful to do.

`Take heed, in the plague of leprosy, to watch greatly, and to do according to all that the priests, the Levites, teach you; as I have commanded them ye observe to do;

9 R emember what the Lord your God did to Miriam on the way when you came out of Egypt!

remember that which Jehovah thy God hath done to Miriam in the way, in your coming out of Egypt.

10 “ When you lend your brother anything, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge.

`When thou liftest up on thy brother a debt of anything, thou dost not go in unto his house to obtain his pledge;

11 Y ou shall stand outside, and the man to whom you lend shall bring the pledge out to you.

at the outside thou dost stand, and the man on whom thou art lifting up is bringing out unto thee the pledge at the outside.

12 A nd if the man is poor, you shall not keep his pledge overnight.

`And if he is a poor man, thou dost not lie down with his pledge;

13 Y ou shall in any case return the pledge to him again when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his own garment and bless you; and it shall be righteousness to you before the Lord your God.

thou dost certainly give back to him the pledge at the going in of the sun, and he hath lain down in his own raiment, and hath blessed thee; and to thee it is righteousness before Jehovah thy God.

14 “ You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether one of your brethren or one of the aliens who is in your land within your gates.

`Thou dost not oppress a hireling, poor and needy, of thy brethren or of thy sojourner who is in thy land within thy gates;

15 E ach day you shall give him his wages, and not let the sun go down on it, for he is poor and has set his heart on it; lest he cry out against you to the Lord, and it be sin to you.

in his day thou dost give his hire, and the sun doth not go in upon it, for he poor, and unto it he is lifting up his soul, and he doth not cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee -- sin.

16 “ Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; a person shall be put to death for his own sin.

`Fathers are not put to death for sons, and sons are not put to death for fathers -- each for his own sin, they are put to death.

17 “ You shall not pervert justice due the stranger or the fatherless, nor take a widow’s garment as a pledge.

`Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take in pledge the garment of a widow;

18 B ut you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this thing.

and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in Egypt, and Jehovah thy God doth ransom thee from thence; therefore I am commanding thee to do this thing.

19 “ When you reap your harvest in your field, and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

`When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgotten a sheaf in a field, thou dost not turn back to take it; to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, it is; so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in all the work of thy hands.

20 W hen you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.

`When thou beatest thine olive, thou dost not examine the branch behind thee; to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, it is.

21 W hen you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it afterward; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.

`When thou cuttest thy vineyard, thou dost not glean behind thee; to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, it is;

22 A nd you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this thing.

and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding thee to do this thing.