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If a man takes a wife and lives with her, and it comes about that she does not find favor before him, because he has found in her an indecent thing, then he shall write her a certificate of divorce and put it into her hands and send her away from his house.
And if the latter husband hates her and writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it into her hands and sends her away from his house, or if the latter husband who took her to himself as wife dies,
the former husband who sent her away may not turn back and take her to himself as wife after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination before the Lord your God. And you shall not defile the land which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance.
If a man has recently taken a wife, he shall not go out to war, nor shall any matter be laid upon him; he shall be exempt in his house for one year, and shall gladden his wife whom he has taken.
If a man is caught stealing a person from among his brothers, the sons of Israel, and having oppressed him sells him, that thief shall die. And you shall remove the evil from among your own selves.
Take heed to yourself in the plague of leprosy: be very careful to act according to all the law which the priests the Levites declare to you; as I commanded you, so you shall be careful to do.
You shall surely give back his pledge about sunset, and he shall sleep in his own garment and bless you; and it shall be an act of mercy for you before the Lord your God.
You shall pay him his wages the same day; the sun shall not go down upon it, for he is poor and has set his hope on it; lest he cry out against you to the Lord, and it be sin in you.
And you shall remember that you were a household slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this thing.
When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in your field, you shall not turn back to take it; it shall be for the poor and the sojourner and the orphan and the widow, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the works of your hands.
When you gather your olives, you shall not turn back to glean what is left behind you; it shall be for the sojourner and the orphan and the widow. And you shall remember that you were a household slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this thing.
When you harvest your vineyard, you shall not go over it again to gather what is left behind you; it shall be for the sojourner and the orphan and the widow.