1 GLT When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens, if she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found an indecent thing in her, then he shall write for her a letter of divorce and put{ it} into her hand and send her out from 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 GLT And she shall go out from his house, and she may go and be another man’ s. BSB BSB: If, after leaving his house, she goes and becomes another man’s wife,
3 GLT And{ if} the latter husband hates her and writes her a letter of divorce and puts{ it} into her hand and sends her out from his house; or if the latter husband dies, who took her as 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 GLT her first husband, who had sent her away, shall not be able to take her again to be his wife after she has become impure; for it{ is} an abomination before the face of Yahweh, and you shall not make the land sinful, which Yahweh your God is giving to 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 GLT When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out with the army, neither shall he pass on himself any matter; he shall be free for his house 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.
6 GLT He shall not impound a mill or an upper millstone, for it{ is} a life for 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 GLT If a man is found stealing a life from his brothers from the sons of Israel, and mistreats him and sells him, then that thief shall die; and you shall 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 GLT Guard against a plague of skin disease, to firmly keep and do according to all that the priests, the Levites, teach you; as I commanded them, you shall keep doing. 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 GLT Remember what Yahweh your God did to Miriam on the way when you were coming out from Egypt. BSB BSB: Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the journey after you came out of Egypt.
10 GLT When you lend to your neighbor any loan, you shall not go into his house to collect his pledge. BSB BSB: When you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security.
11 GLT You shall stand outside, and the man whom you have lent to shall 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 GLT You shall certainly restore to him the pledge as the sun goes down, and he will sleep in his cloak and bless you; and it will be righteousness for you before the face of 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 GLT You shall not oppress a poor and needy hired man from your brothers or from the foreigners who{ are} in your land, within your 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 GLT In his day you shall give his wage, and the sun shall not go down on it, for he{ is} poor and he lifts up his life to it. Then he will not call against you to Yahweh and have it be for you a sin. 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 GLT Fathers shall not be put to death on account of sons, and sons shall not be put to death on account of fathers. A man shall be put to death for his 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 GLT You shall not twist the judgment of the foreigner{ or} the fatherless, and you shall not take for a pledge the garment of a widow. BSB BSB: Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.
18 GLT And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you from there. Therefore, I command you to do this word. 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 GLT When you reap your harvest in your field, and you forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to take it; it shall 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 GLT When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the branches after yourself; it shall 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 GLT When you gather your vineyard, you shall not glean after yourself. It shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, or 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 GLT And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt. Therefore, I command you to do this word. BSB BSB: Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.
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