25IF YOU WILL GO IN [THE] STANDING GRAIN OF NEIGHBOR YOUR AND YOU WILL PLUCK OFF EARS OF CORN WITH HAND YOUR AND A SICKLE NOT YOU WILL WIELD ON [THE] STANDING GRAIN OF NEIGHBOR YOUR 25When you enter your neighbor’s grainfield, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you must not put a sickle to your neighbor’s grain.
1IF HE WILL TAKE A MAN A WOMAN AND HE WILL MARRY HER AND IT WILL BE IF NOT SHE WILL FIND FAVOR IN VIEW HIS FOR HE HAS FOUND IN <THE> HER [THE] NAKEDNESS OF A THING AND HE WILL WRITE FOR <THE> HER A DOCUMENT OF DIVORCE AND HE WILL GIVE [IT] IN HAND HER AND HE WILL SEND AWAY HER FROM HOUSE HIS Marriage and Divorce Laws (Matthew 5:31–32; Luke 16:18) 1If 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,*NoteCloseCited in Matthew 5:31; see also Mark 10:4. hand it to her, and send her away from his house.
2AND SHE WILL GO OUT FROM HOUSE HIS AND SHE WILL GO AND SHE WILL BELONG TO A MAN ANOTHER 2If, after leaving his house, she goes and becomes another man’s wife,
3AND HE WILL HATE HER THE MAN <THE> LATTER AND HE WILL WRITE FOR <THE> HER A DOCUMENT OF DIVORCE AND HE WILL GIVE [IT] IN HAND HER AND HE WILL SEND AWAY HER FROM HOUSE HIS OR IF HE WILL DIE THE MAN <THE> LATTER WHO HE HAS TAKEN HER FOR <THE> HIMSELF TO A WIFE 3and 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
4NOT HE WILL BE ABLE HUSBAND HER <THE> FORMER WHO HE SENT AWAY HER TO RETURN TO TAKE HER TO BECOME OF HIM <INTO> WIFE AFTER THAT SHE HAS BEEN DECLARED UNCLEAN FOR [IS] AN ABOMINATION THAT <TO> BEFORE YAHWEH AND NOT YOU WILL CAUSE TO SIN <OBJ.> THE LAND WHICH YAHWEH GOD YOUR [IS] ABOUT TO GIVE TO <THE> YOU AN INHERITANCE 4then 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.
5IF HE WILL TAKE MAN A WIFE NEW NOT HE WILL GO OUT WITH THE ARMY AND NOT IT WILL PASS ON HIM TO ANY THING FREE HE WILL BE TO HOUSE HIS A YEAR ONE AND HE WILL CAUSE TO REJOICE <OBJ.> WIFE HIS WHOM HE HAS TAKEN 5If 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.
6NOT ANYONE WILL TAKE AS PLEDGE A HAND-MILL AND AN UPPER MILLSTONE FOR A LIFE THAT [IS] TAKING AS PLEDGE Additional Laws 6Do 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.
7IF HE WILL BE FOUND ANYONE STEALING A PERSON ANY OF COUNTRYMEN HIS ANY OF [THE] PEOPLE OF ISRAEL AND HE WILL TREAT AS A SLAVE <IN> <THE> HIM AND HE WILL SELL HIM AND HE WILL DIE THE THIEF <THE> THAT AND YOU WILL REMOVE THE EVIL FROM MIDST YOUR 7If 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.*NoteCloseCited in 1 Corinthians 5:13
8TAKE HEED TO [THE] PLAGUE OF <THE> SERIOUS SKIN DISEASE TO TAKE CARE EXCEEDINGLY AND TO DO ACCORDING TO ALL THAT THEY WILL INSTRUCT <OBJ.> YOU THE PRIESTS THE LEVITES JUST AS I COMMANDED THEM YOU WILL TAKE CARE TO DO 8In cases of infectious skin diseases,*NoteCloseForms of the Hebrew tzaraath, traditionally translated as leprosy, were used for various skin diseases; see Leviticus 13. be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.
9REMEMBER <OBJ.> [THAT] WHICH HE DID YAHWEH GOD YOUR TO MIRIAM ON THE WAY WHEN CAME OUT YOU FROM EGYPT 9Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the journey after you came out of Egypt.
10IF YOU WILL LEND TO NEIGHBOR YOUR A LOAN OF ANYTHING NOT YOU WILL GO INTO HOUSE HIS TO TAKE AS PLEDGE PLEDGE HIS 10When you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security.
11ON THE OUTSIDE YOU WILL STAND AND THE PERSON WHOM YOU [ARE] LENDING TO HIM HE WILL BRING OUT TO YOU <OBJ.> THE PLEDGE THE OUTSIDE TOWARDS 11You are to stand outside while the man to whom you are lending brings the security out to you.
12AND IF [IS] A PERSON POOR HE NOT YOU WILL LIE DOWN IN PLEDGE HIS 12If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;
13CERTAINLY <TO RETURN> YOU WILL RETURN TO <THE> HIM <OBJ.> THE PLEDGE WHEN GOES THE SUN AND HE WILL LIE DOWN IN GARMENT HIS AND HE WILL BLESS YOU AND TO <THE> YOU IT WILL BELONG RIGHTEOUSNESS <TO> BEFORE YAHWEH GOD YOUR 13be 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.
14NOT YOU MUST OPPRESS A HIRED LABORER POOR AND NEEDY ONE OF COUNTRYMEN YOUR OR ONE OF SOJOURNER[S] YOUR WHO [IS] IN LAND YOUR IN GATES YOUR 14Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns
15ON DAY ITS YOU WILL PAY WAGE[S] HIS AND NOT IT WILL GO ON HIM THE SUN FOR [IS] POOR HE AND TO IT HE [IS] LIFTING UP <OBJ.> DESIRE HIS AND NOT HE WILL CALL OUT ON YOU TO YAHWEH AND IT WILL BE ON <THE> YOU SIN 15You 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.
16NOT THEY WILL BE PUT TO DEATH PARENTS ON CHILDREN AND CHILDREN NOT THEY WILL BE PUT TO DEATH ON PARENTS ANYONE FOR OWN SIN HIS THEY WILL BE PUT TO DEATH 16Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.*NoteCloseCited in 2 Kings 14:6 and 2 Chronicles 25:4
17NOT YOU WILL TURN ASIDE [THE] JUSTICE OF A SOJOURNER A FATHERLESS ONE AND NOT YOU WILL TAKE AS PLEDGE [THE] GARMENT OF A WIDOW 17Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.
18AND YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT A SLAVE YOU WERE IN EGYPT AND HE REDEEMED YOU YAHWEH GOD YOUR FROM THERE THERE- -FORE I [AM] COMMANDING YOU TO DO <OBJ.> THE THING <THE> THIS 18Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from that place. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.
19IF YOU WILL HARVEST HARVEST YOUR IN FIELD YOUR AND YOU WILL FORGET A SHEAF IN THE FIELD NOT YOU WILL RETURN TO FETCH IT TO THE SOJOURNER TO THE FATHERLESS ONE AND TO THE WIDOW IT WILL BELONG SO THAT HE MAY BLESS YOU YAHWEH GOD YOUR IN ALL [THE] WORK OF HANDS YOUR 19If 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.
20IF YOU WILL BEAT OLIVE TREE YOUR NOT YOU WILL GO OVER [THE] BOUGHS BEHIND YOU TO THE SOJOURNER TO THE FATHERLESS ONE AND TO THE WIDOW IT WILL BELONG 20When 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.
21FOR YOU WILL GATHER GRAPES VINEYARD YOUR NOT YOU WILL GLEAN BEHIND YOU TO THE SOJOURNER TO THE FATHERLESS ONE AND TO THE WIDOW IT WILL BELONG 21When 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.
22AND YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT A SLAVE YOU WERE IN [THE] LAND OF EGYPT THERE- -FORE I [AM] COMMANDING YOU TO DO <OBJ.> THE THING <THE> THIS 22Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.