Deuteronomy · Unlocked Literal Bible
Deuteronomy 24 Unlocked Literal Bible
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1 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.
1 When a man takes a wife and marries her, then it shall be, if she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a certificate of divorce, put it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
2 When she has gone out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife.
2 When she has departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s wife.
3 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—
3 If the latter husband hates 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 to be his wife;
4 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.
4 her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife after she is defiled; for that would be an abomination to Yahweh. You shall not cause the land to sin, which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance.
5 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.
5 When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army, neither shall he be assigned any business. He shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.
6 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.
6 No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone as a pledge, for he takes a life in pledge.
7 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.
7 If a man is found stealing any of his brothers of the children of Israel, and he deals with him as a slave, or sells him, then that thief shall die. So you shall remove the evil from among you.
8 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.
8 Be careful in the plague of leprosy, that you observe diligently and do according to all that the Levitical priests teach you. As I commanded them, so you shall observe to do.
9 Call to mind what Yahweh your God did to Miriam as you were coming out of Egypt.
9 Remember what Yahweh your God did to Miriam, by the way as you came out of Egypt.
10 When you make your neighbor any kind of loan, you must not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
10 When you lend your neighbor any kind of loan, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge.
11 You will stand outside, and the man to whom you have lent will bring the pledge outside to you.
11 You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you lend shall bring the pledge outside to you.
12 If he is a poor man, you must not sleep with his pledge in your possession.
12 If he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge.
13 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.
13 You shall surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his garment and bless you. It shall be righteousness to you before Yahweh your God.
14 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;
14 You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the foreigners who are in your land within your gates.
15 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.
15 In his day you shall give him his wages, neither shall the sun go down on it, for he is poor and sets his heart on it, lest he cry against you to Yahweh, and it be sin to you.
16 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.
16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers. Every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
17 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.
17 You shall not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, nor take a widow’s clothing in pledge;
18 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.
18 but you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you there. Therefore I command you to do this thing.
19 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.
19 When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to get it. It shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow, that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
20 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.
20 When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs again. It shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
21 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.
21 When you harvest your vineyard, you shall not glean it after yourselves. It shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
22 You must call to mind that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I instruct you to obey this command.
22 You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt. Therefore I command you to do this thing.
Cross references (20)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Matthew 19:7–9; Isaiah 50:1; Deuteronomy 22:13; Mark 10:4–12; Jeremiah 3:8
- 2 Matthew 5:32; Numbers 30:9; Leviticus 21:7; Leviticus 22:13; Leviticus 21:14
- 4 Jeremiah 3:1
- 5 Proverbs 5:18; Deuteronomy 20:7; Genesis 2:24; Titus 2:4–5; Mark 10:6–9
- 6 Deuteronomy 20:19; Luke 12:15; Revelation 18:22; Genesis 44:30; Exodus 22:26–27
- 7 Exodus 21:16; 1 Timothy 1:10; Revelation 18:13; Exodus 22:1–4; Ezekiel 27:13
- 8 Leviticus 14:2; Mark 1:44; Matthew 8:4; Leviticus 13:57; Luke 5:14
- 9 Numbers 12:10–15; 1 Corinthians 10:11; 1 Corinthians 10:6; 2 Chronicles 26:20–21; Numbers 5:2
- 10 Deuteronomy 15:8; Exodus 22:27
- 12 Deuteronomy 24:17
- 13 Deuteronomy 6:25; Daniel 4:27; Exodus 22:26–27; Deuteronomy 24:15; Psalm 112:9
- 14 Malachi 3:5; Proverbs 14:31; Proverbs 22:16; Job 24:10–11; Amos 4:1
- 15 Leviticus 19:13; Proverbs 3:27–28; James 5:4; Jeremiah 22:13; Deuteronomy 15:9
- 16 Ezekiel 18:20; 2 Chronicles 25:4; Jeremiah 31:29–30; 2 Kings 14:5–6
- 17 Deuteronomy 16:19; Exodus 23:6; Exodus 22:21–22; Deuteronomy 27:19; Exodus 23:9
- 18 Deuteronomy 5:15; Deuteronomy 15:15; Deuteronomy 24:22; Deuteronomy 16:12
- 19 Leviticus 23:22; Proverbs 19:17; Leviticus 19:9–10; Luke 14:13–14; Deuteronomy 14:29
- 20 Leviticus 19:10
- 21 Deuteronomy 24:19; Leviticus 19:9–10
- 22 Deuteronomy 24:18; Deuteronomy 7:8; Deuteronomy 5:14–15; Ephesians 5:1–2; 2 Corinthians 8:8–9
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
And what is this? There was an ancient law made, that he who hated his wife, for whatever kind of cause, should not be forbidden to cast her out, and to bring home another instead of her.
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