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then the first husband who divorced her can't marry her again. She has made herself ritually unclean, and her remarriage would be an abomination in the Presence of God and defile the land with sin, this land that God, your God, is giving you as an inheritance.
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When a man takes a new wife, he is not to go out with the army or be given any business or work duties. He gets one year off simply to be at home making his wife happy.
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Don't seize a handmill or an upper millstone as collateral for a loan. You'd be seizing someone's very life.
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If a man is caught kidnapping one of his kinsmen, someone of the People of Israel, to enslave or sell him, the kidnapper must die. Purge that evil from among you.
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Warning! If a serious skin disease breaks out, follow exactly the rules set down by the Levitical priests. Follow them precisely as I commanded them.
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Don't forget what God, your God, did to Miriam on your way out of Egypt.
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When you make a loan of any kind to your neighbor, don't enter his house to claim his pledge.
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Wait outside. Let the man to whom you made the pledge bring the pledge to you outside.
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And if he is destitute, don't use his cloak as a bedroll;
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return it to him at nightfall so that he can sleep in his cloak and bless you. In the sight of God, your God, that will be viewed as a righteous act.
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Don't abuse a laborer who is destitute and needy, whether he is a fellow Israelite living in your land and in your city.