Dual Panel1If a man has taken a woman in marriage, but she does not win his favour because he finds something offensive in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her, and dismisses her,
2and if after leaving his house she goes off to become the wife of another man,
3and this second husband turns against her and writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her, and dismisses her, or dies after making her his wife,
4then her first husband who had dismissed her is not free to take her to be his wife again; for him she has become unclean. This would be abominable to the LORD, and you must not bring sin upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you as your holding.
5When a man is newly married, he is not to be liable for military service or any other public duty. He must remain at home exempt from service for one year and be happy with the wife he has taken.
6No one may take millstones, or even the upper millstone alone, in pledge; that would be taking a life in pledge.
7When a man is found to have kidnapped a fellow-countryman, an Israelite, and to have treated him harshly or sold him, he must suffer the death penalty, and so you will rid yourselves of this wickedness.
8Be careful how you act in all cases of virulent skin disease; be careful to observe all that the levitical priests tell you; you must obey the instructions I gave them.
9Keep in mind what the LORD your God did to Miriam as you journeyed from Egypt.
10When you make any loan to anyone, do not enter his house to take a pledge from him.
11Wait outside, and the person whose creditor you are must bring the pledge out to you.
12If he is a poor man, do not sleep in the cloak he has pledged.
13Return it to him at sunset so that he may sleep in it and bless you; then it will be counted to your credit in the sight of the LORD your God.
14You must not keep back the wages of a man who is poor and needy, whether a fellow-countryman or an alien living in your country in one of your settlements.
15Pay him his wages on the same day before sunset, for he is poor and he relies on them: otherwise he may appeal to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
16Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children for their parents; each one may be put to death only for his own sin.
17You must not deprive aliens and the fatherless of justice or take a widow's cloak in pledge.
18Bear in mind that you were slaves in Egypt and the LORD your God redeemed you from there; that is why I command you to do this.
19When you reap the harvest in your field and overlook a sheaf, do not go back to pick it up; it is to be left for the alien, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all that you undertake.
20When you beat your olive trees, do not strip them afterwards; what is left is for the alien, the fatherless, and the widow.
21When you gather the grapes from your vineyard, do not glean afterwards; what is left is for the alien, the fatherless, and the widow.
22Keep in mind that you were slaves in Egypt; that is why I command you to do this.