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When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath foundsome[a]uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
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And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be anotherman's wife.
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And if the latterhusbandhate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latterhusbanddie, which took her to be his wife;
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Her formerhusband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife,after that she is defiled; for that is abominationbefore the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy Godgiveth thee for an inheritance.
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When a man hath taken a newwife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at homeoneyear, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
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No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.
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If a man be foundstealingany of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt putevilaway from among you.
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Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observediligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.
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Remember what the LORD thy Goddid unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt.
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When thou dost lend[b] thy brotheranything, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
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Thou shalt standabroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledgeabroad unto thee.
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And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
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In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledgeagain when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
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Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
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At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth[c] his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
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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.
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Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow'sraiment to pledge:
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But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy Godredeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
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When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
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When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughsagain: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
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When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward:[d] it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
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And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.