Deuteronomy 24-27New King James Version (NKJV)
Law Concerning Divorce
24 “When a man takes a wife and marries her, and
it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some
uncleanness in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in
her hand, and sends her out of his house, 2 when
she has departed from his house, and goes and becomes another man’s wife, 3 ifthe
latter husband detests 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 as his wife, 4 then her former
husband who divorced her must not take her back to be his wife after she has
been defiled; for that is an abomination before the Lord,
and you shall not bring sin on the land which the Lord your God is
giving you as an inheritance.
Miscellaneous Laws
5 “When a man has taken a new wife,
he shall not go out to war or be charged with any business; he shall be free at
home one year, and bring happiness to his wife whom he has taken.
6 “No man shall take the lower or the
upper millstone in pledge, for he takes one’sliving in pledge.
7 “If a man is found kidnapping any
of his brethren of the children of Israel, and mistreats him or sells him, then
that kidnapper shall die; and you shall put away the evil from among you.
8 “Take heed in an outbreak of
leprosy, that you carefully observe and do according to all that the priests, the
Levites, shall teach you; just as I commanded them, so you
shall be careful to do. 9 Remember what
the Lord your God did to Miriam on the way when you came out of
Egypt!
10 “When you lend your brother
anything, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge. 11 You
shall stand outside, and the man to whom you lend shall bring the pledge out to
you. 12 And if the man is poor,
you shall not keep his pledge overnight. 13 You
shall in any case return the pledge to him again when the sun goes down, that
he may sleep in his own garment and bless you; and it shall be righteousness to
you before the Lord your God.
14 “You shall not oppress a hired
servant who is poor and needy, whether one of
your brethren or one of the aliens who is in your land within
your gates. 15 Each day you shall give him his
wages, and not let the sun go down on it, for he is poor and
has set his heart on it; lest he cry out against you to the Lord, and it
be sin to you.
16 “Fathers shall not be put to death
for their children, nor shall children be put to death
for their fathers; a person shall be put to death for his own
sin.
17 “You shall not pervert justice due
the stranger or the fatherless, nor take a widow’s garment as a pledge. 18 But
you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and the Lord your
God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this thing.
19 “When you reap your harvest in
your field, and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it
shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that
the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.20 When
you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over the boughs again; it shall be
for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. 21 When
you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it afterward;
it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. 22 And
you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I
command you to do this thing.
25 “If there is a dispute between men, and they
come to court, that the judgesmay judge them, and they justify the
righteous and condemn the wicked, 2 then it shall
be, if the wicked man deserves to be beaten, that the judge will cause him to
lie down and be beaten in his presence, according to his guilt, with a certain
number of blows. 3 Forty blows he may give
him and no more, lest he should exceed this and beat him with
many blows above these, and your brother be humiliated in your sight.
4 “You shall not muzzle an ox while
it treads out the grain.
Marriage Duty of the Surviving Brother
5 “If brothers dwell together, and
one of them dies and has no son, the widow of the dead man shall not be married to
a stranger outside the family; her husband’s brother shall go
in to her, take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to
her. 6 And it shall be that the
firstborn son which she bears will succeed to the name of his dead brother,
that his name may not be blotted out of Israel.7 But if
the man does not want to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife
go up to the gate to the elders, and say, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to
raise up a name to his brother in Israel; he will not perform the duty of my
husband’s brother.’ 8 Then the elders of his city
shall call him and speak to him. But if he stands firm and
says, ‘I do not want to take her,’ 9 then his
brother’s wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, remove his
sandal from his foot, spit in his face, and answer and say, ‘So shall it be
done to the man who will not build up his brother’s house.’ 10 And
his name shall be called in Israel, ‘The house of him who had his sandal
removed.’
Miscellaneous Laws
11 “If two men fight
together, and the wife of one draws near to rescue her husband from the hand of
the one attacking him, and puts out her hand and seizes him by the
genitals, 12 then you shall cut off her hand; your
eye shall not pity her.
13 “You shall not have in your bag
differing weights, a heavy and a light. 14 You
shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small. 15 You
shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure, that your
days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord your God is giving
you. 16 For all who do such things, all who behave
unrighteously, are an abomination to the Lord your
God.
Destroy the Amalekites
17 “Remember what Amalek did to you
on the way as you were coming out of Egypt, 18 how
he met you on the way and attacked your rear ranks, all the stragglers at your
rear, when you were tired and weary; and he did not fear God.19 Therefore
it shall be, when the Lord your God has given you rest from your
enemies all around, in the land which the Lord your God is giving you
to possess as an inheritance, that you will
blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. You shall not forget.
Offerings of Firstfruits and Tithes
26 “And it shall be, when you come into the land
which the Lord your God is giving you as an
inheritance, and you possess it and dwell in it, 2 that
you shall take some of the first of all the produce of the ground, which you
shall bring from your land that the Lord your God is giving you, and
put it in a basket and go to the place where
the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide. 3 And
you shall go to the one who is priest in those days, and say to him, ‘I declare
today to the Lord your[a] God that I have come
to the country which the Lord swore to our fathers to give us.’
4 “Then the priest shall take the
basket out of your hand and set it down before the altar of
the Lord your God. 5 And you shall answer
and say before the Lord your God: ‘My father was a
Syrian,[b] about to perish, and
he went down to Egypt and dwelt there, few in number; and there he became a
nation, great, mighty, and populous. 6 But the
Egyptians mistreated us, afflicted us, and laid hard bondage on us. 7 Then
we cried out to the Lord God of our fathers, and
the Lord heard our voice and looked on our affliction and our labor
and our oppression. 8 So the Lordbrought us
out of Egypt with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm, with great terror
and with signs and wonders. 9 He has brought us to
this place and has given us this land, “a land flowing with milk and honey”;[c] 10 and
now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land which you, O Lord,
have given me.’
“Then you shall set it before the Lord your God,
and worship before the Lord your God. 11 So
you shall rejoice in every good thing which
the Lord your God has given to you and your house, you and the Levite
and the stranger who is among you.
12 “When you have finished laying
aside all the tithe of your increase in the third year—the year of tithing—and
have given it to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and
the widow, so that they may eat within your gates and be filled,13 then
you shall say before the Lord your God: ‘I have removed the
holy tithe from my house, and also have given
them to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, according to
all Your commandments which You have commanded me; I have not transgressed Your
commandments, nor have I forgotten them. 14 I
have not eaten any of it when in mourning, nor have I removed any of
it for an unclean use, nor given any of it
for the dead. I have obeyed the voice of the Lord my God, and have
done according to all that You have commanded me. 15 Look
down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and
the land which You have given us, just as You swore to our fathers, “a land
flowing with milk and honey.”’[d]
A Special People of God
16 “This day the Lord your
God commands you to observe these statutes and judgments; therefore you shall
be careful to observe them with all your heart and with all your soul. 17 Today
you have proclaimed the Lord to be your God, and that you will walk
in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments, and His judgments, and
that you will obey His voice. 18 Also today
the Lord has proclaimed you to be His special people, just as He
promised you, that you should keep all His commandments, 19 and
that He will set you high above all nations which He has made, in praise, in
name, and in honor, and that you may be a holy people to
the Lord your God, just as He has spoken.”
The Law Inscribed on Stones
27 Now Moses, with the elders of Israel,
commanded the people, saying: “Keep all the commandments which I command you
today. 2 And it shall be, on the day when you cross
over the Jordan to the land which the Lord your God is giving you,
that you shall set up for yourselves large stones, and whitewash them with
lime.3 You shall write on them all the words of this
law, when you have crossed over, that you may enter the land which
the Lord your God is giving you, ‘a land flowing with milk and
honey,’[e] just as
the Lord God of your fathers promised you.4 Therefore
it shall be, when you have crossed over the Jordan, that on
Mount Ebal you shall set up these stones, which I command you today, and you
shall whitewash them with lime. 5 And there you
shall build an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones; you
shall not use an iron tool on them. 6 You
shall build with whole stones the altar of the Lord your God, and
offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God. 7 You
shall offer peace offerings, and shall eat there, and rejoice before
the Lord your God. 8 And you shall write
very plainly on the stones all the words of this law.”
9 Then Moses and the priests, the
Levites, spoke to all Israel, saying, “Take heed and listen, O Israel: This day
you have become the people of the Lord your God.10 Therefore
you shall obey the voice of the Lord your God, and observe His
commandments and His statutes which I command you today.”
Curses Pronounced from Mount Ebal
11 And Moses commanded the people on
the same day, saying, 12 “These shall stand on
Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you have crossed over the Jordan:
Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin; 13 and
these shall stand on Mount Ebal to curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and
Naphtali.
14 “And the Levites shall speak with
a loud voice and say to all the men of Israel:15 ‘Cursed is the
one who makes a carved or molded image, an abomination to the Lord, the
work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’
“And all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen!’
16 ‘Cursed is the
one who treats his father or his mother with contempt.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
17 ‘Cursed is the one
who moves his neighbor’s landmark.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
18 ‘Cursed is the
one who makes the blind to wander off the road.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
19 ‘Cursed is the
one who perverts the justice due the stranger, the fatherless, and widow.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
20 ‘Cursed is the
one who lies with his father’s wife, because he has uncovered his father’s
bed.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
21 ‘Cursed is the
one who lies with any kind of animal.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
22 ‘Cursed is the
one who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his
mother.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
23 ‘Cursed is the
one who lies with his mother-in-law.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
24 ‘Cursed is the
one who attacks his neighbor secretly.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
25 ‘Cursed is the
one who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
26 ‘Cursed is the
one who does not confirm all the words of this law by
observing them.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
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