| Berean Study Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house. | 1If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds something improper about her, he may write her a divorce certificate, hand it to her, and send her away from his house. |
| 2If, after leaving his house, she goes and becomes another man’s wife, | 2If after leaving his house she goes and becomes another man's wife, |
| 3and the second man hates her, writes her a certificate of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house, or if he dies, | 3and the second man hates her, writes her a divorce certificate, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house or if he dies, |
| 4then the husband who divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance. | 4the first husband who sent her away may not marry her again after she has been defiled, because that would be detestable to the LORD. You must not bring guilt on the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance." |
| 5If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married. | 5When a man takes a bride, he must not go out with the army or be liable for any duty. He is free to stay at home for one year, so that he can bring joy to the wife he has married." |
| 6Do not take a pair of millstones or even an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking one’s livelihood as security. | 6Do not take a pair of millstones or an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that is like taking a life as security." |
| 7If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you. | 7If a man is discovered kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. You must purge the evil from you." |
| 8In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them. | 8Be careful in a case of infectious skin disease, following carefully everything the Levitical priests instruct you to do. Be careful to do as I have commanded them. |
| 9Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the journey after you came out of Egypt. | 9Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the journey after you left Egypt." |
| 10When you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security. | 10When you make a loan of any kind to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect what he offers as security. |
| 11You are to stand outside while the man to whom you are lending brings the security out to you. | 11You must stand outside while the man you are making the loan to brings the security out to you. |
| 12If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession; | 12If he is a poor man, you must not sleep in the garment he has given as security. |
| 13be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God. | 13Be sure to return it to him at sunset. Then he will sleep in it and bless you, and this will be counted as righteousness to you before the LORD your God." |
| 14Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns. | 14Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether one of your brothers or one of the foreigners residing within a town in your land. |
| 15You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin. | 15You are to pay him his wages each day before the sun sets, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be held guilty." |
| 16Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin. | 16Fathers are not to be put to death for their children or children for their fathers; each person will be put to death for his own sin. |
| 17Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security. | 17Do not deny justice to a foreigner or fatherless child, and do not take a widow's garment as security. |
| 18Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from that place. Therefore I am commanding you to do this. | 18Remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from there. Therefore I am commanding you to do this." |
| 19If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. | 19When you reap the harvest in your field, and you forget a sheaf in the field, do not go back to get it. It is to be left 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, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow. | 20When you knock down the fruit from your olive tree, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow. |
| 21When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not go over the vines again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow. | 21When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not glean what is left. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow. |
| 22Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this. | 22Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this." |
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