Marriage and Divorce Laws (Matthew 5:31–32; Luke 16:18)
1 UEB When a man takes a wife and marries her, if she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some unsuitable thing in her, then he must write her a certificate of divorce, put it into her hand, and send her out of his house. BSB BSB: If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.
2 UEB When she has gone out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife. BSB BSB: If, after leaving his house, she goes and becomes another man’s wife,
3 UEB If the second husband hates her and writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it into her hand, and sends her out of his house; or if the second husband dies, the man who took her to be his wife— BSB BSB: and the second man hates her, writes her a certificate of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house, or if he dies,
4 UEB then her former husband, the one who had first sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after she has become impure; for that would be an abomination to Yahweh. You must not cause the land to become guilty, the land that Yahweh your God is giving you as an inheritance. BSB BSB: then the husband who divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
5 UEB When a man takes a new wife, he will not go to war with the army, neither may he be commanded to go on any forced duty; he will be free to be at home for one year and will cheer his wife whom he has taken. BSB BSB: If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married.
Additional Laws 6 UEB No man may take a mill or an upper millstone as a pledge, for that would be taking a person's life as a pledge. BSB BSB: Do not take a pair of millstones or even an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking one’s livelihood as security.
7 UEB If a man is found kidnapping any of his brothers from among the people of Israel, and treats him as a slave and sells him, that thief must die; and you will remove the evil from among you. BSB BSB: If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you.
8 UEB Take heed regarding any plague of leprosy, so that you carefully observe and follow every instruction given to you which the priests, the Levites, teach you; as I commanded them, so you will act. BSB BSB: In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.
9 UEB Call to mind what Yahweh your God did to Miriam as you were coming out of Egypt. BSB BSB: Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the journey after you came out of Egypt.
10 UEB When you make your neighbor any kind of loan, you must not go into his house to fetch his pledge. BSB BSB: When you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security.
11 UEB You will stand outside, and the man to whom you have lent will bring the pledge outside to you. BSB BSB: You are to stand outside while the man to whom you are lending brings the security out to you.
13 UEB You must surely restore to him the pledge by the time the sun goes down, so that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you; it will be righteousness for you before Yahweh your God. BSB BSB: be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.
14 UEB You must not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is of your fellow Israelites, or of the foreigners who are in your land within your city gates; BSB BSB: Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
15 UEB Each day you must give him his wage; the sun must not go down on this unsettled matter, for he is poor and is counting on it. Do this so that he does not cry out against you to Yahweh, and so that it not be a sin that you have committed. BSB BSB: You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
16 UEB The parents must not be put to death for their children, neither must the children be put to death for their parents. Instead, everyone must be put to death for his own sin. BSB BSB: Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.
17 UEB You must not use force to take away the justice that is due the foreigner or the fatherless, nor take the widow's cloak as a pledge. BSB BSB: Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.
18 UEB Instead, you must call to mind that you were a slave in Egypt, and that Yahweh your God rescued you from there. Therefore I instruct you to obey this command. BSB BSB: Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from that place. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.
19 UEB When you reap your harvest in your field, and if you have forgotten an omer of grain in the field, you must not go back to get it; it must be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, or for the widow, so that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. BSB BSB: If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
20 UEB When you shake your olive tree, you must not go over the branches again; it will be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, or for the widow. BSB BSB: When you beat the olives from your trees, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.
21 UEB When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not glean it again. What is left over will be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow. BSB BSB: When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not go over the vines again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.
22 UEB You must call to mind that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I instruct you to obey this command. BSB BSB: Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.
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