1If a man marries a woman who becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent about her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, 2and if after she leaves his house she becomes the wife of another man, 3and her second husband dislikes her and writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, or if he dies, 4then her first husband, who divorced her, is not allowed to marry her again after she has been defiled. That would be detestable in the eyes of the Lord. Do not bring sin upon the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.
5If a man has recently married, he must not be sent to war or have any other duty laid on him. For one year he is to be free to stay at home and bring happiness to the wife he has married.
6Do not take a pair of millstones—not even the upper one—as security for a debt, because that would be taking a person’s livelihood as security.
7If someone is caught kidnapping a fellow Israelite and treating or selling them as a slave, the kidnapper must die. You must purge the evil from among you.
8In cases of defiling skin diseases,24:8 The Hebrew word for defiling skin diseases, traditionally translated “leprosy,” was used for various diseases affecting the skin. be very careful to do exactly as the Levitical priests instruct you. You must follow carefully what I have commanded them. 9Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam along the way after you came out of Egypt.
10When you make a loan of any kind to your neighbor, do not go into their house to get what is offered to you as a pledge. 11Stay outside and let the neighbor to whom you are making the loan bring the pledge out to you. 12If the neighbor is poor, do not go to sleep with their pledge in your possession. 13Return their cloak by sunset so that your neighbor may sleep in it. Then they will thank you, and it will be regarded as a righteous act in the sight of the Lord your God.
14Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns. 15Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor and are counting on it. Otherwise they may cry 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 put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.
17Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge. 18Remember 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 are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. 20When you beat the olives from your trees, do not go over the branches a second time. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow. 21When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, do not go over the vines again. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow. 22Remember that you were slaves in Egypt. That is why I command you to do this.
关于婚姻的条例
1“如果有人娶妻后，发觉妻子行为不检，因而嫌弃她，他可以写休书给她，让她离开夫家。 2她离开后，可以自由再婚。 3如果她的后夫也嫌弃她，写休书给她，让她离开夫家，或者后夫死了， 4前夫不可再娶这已被玷污的女子，因为那是耶和华所憎恶的。你们切不可把这种罪恶带到你们的上帝耶和华将要赐给你们的土地上。
体恤人情
5“不可叫新婚的人从军出征或办理公务。他可以留在家里一年，使新婚的妻子快乐。
6“不可拿别人的磨或磨的上盘作抵押品，因为这等于拿他们的生命作抵押。
7“如果有人绑架自己的同胞，奴役他或卖掉他，必须处死绑架者，除掉你们中间的罪恶。
8“遇到麻风病，你们要谨遵利未祭司的指示。你们要谨遵我对他们的吩咐。 9要记住你们离开埃及后，你们的上帝耶和华在米利暗身上的作为。
10“如果你们借贷给同胞，不可走进他家里索取抵押物； 11要站在外面，等他把抵押物拿出来。 12如果他是穷人，用自己的外袍作抵押，你们不可把他的外袍留到第二天， 13要在当天日落之前还给他，好让他盖着外袍睡觉。他会因此祝福你们，你们的上帝耶和华也会将此视为你们的义行。
14“不可欺压穷苦的雇工，不论他们是你们的同胞，还是住在你们城中的外族人。 15你们要在每天日落前付给他们工钱，因为他们穷苦，靠工钱维生；否则他们向耶和华控诉你们，你们就有罪了。
16“不可因孩子犯罪而处死父亲，也不可因父亲犯罪而处死孩子。各人要自负罪责。
17“你们要公正地对待寄居者和孤儿，不可拿寡妇的衣物作抵押。 18要记住，你们曾在埃及做过奴隶，你们的上帝耶和华拯救了你们。所以，我吩咐你们这样行。
19“如果你们在田间收割庄稼时忘了一捆，不可回去取，要留给孤儿寡妇和寄居者。这样，你们的上帝耶和华必使你们凡事蒙福。 20你们打橄榄时，打过一次后不可再打，要把剩下的留给孤儿寡妇和寄居者。 21你们摘葡萄时，摘过一次后不可再摘，要把剩下的留给孤儿寡妇和寄居者。 22要记住，你们曾在埃及做过奴隶。所以，我吩咐你们这样行。
