Verse 1

Deuteronomy 24:1

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1 Should a man marry a woman, but then isn't pleased with her because he finds out something shameful about her, he is allowed to write out a certificate of divorce for her, give it to her, and send her out of his house.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּֽי יִקַּ֥ח אִ֛ישׁ אִשָּׁ֖ה וּ/בְעָלָ֑/הּ וְ/הָיָ֞ה אִם לֹ֧א תִמְצָא חֵ֣ן בְּ/עֵינָ֗י/ו כִּי מָ֤צָא בָ/הּ֙ עֶרְוַ֣ת דָּבָ֔ר וְ/כָ֨תַב לָ֜/הּ סֵ֤פֶר כְּרִיתֻת֙ וְ/נָתַ֣ן בְּ/יָדָ֔/הּ וְ/שִׁלְּחָ֖/הּ מִ/בֵּיתֽ/וֹ
English Translation
If a man takes a woman and has relations with her, and it happens that she does not find favor in his eyes because he has found in her something indecent, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and gives it into her hand and sends her away from his house.
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Chapter 24 Context
1 Should a man marry a woman, but then isn't pleased with her because he finds out something shameful...
2 Suppose that after leaving his house, she goes and marries another man, Focus ↗
3 and suppose the second man also ends up hating her, writes out a certificate of divorce for her, giv... Focus ↗
4 The first husband who divorced her is not permitted to marry her again after she was shamed, for tha... Focus ↗
5 If a man has just got married, he is not to be sent to war or made to do any other duties. He is fre... Focus ↗
6 Don't accept a pair of millstones, or even just an upper millstone, as security for a debt, because... Focus ↗
7 Anyone caught kidnapping a fellow Israelite must be executed, whether the kidnapper makes him a slav... Focus ↗
8 When it comes to infectious skin diseases, make sure you follow carefully all the instructions of th... Focus ↗
9 If you lend anything to someone, don't go into their house to take some kind of security. Focus ↗
10 If he is a poor man he may give his cloak as security, but you must not keep it when you go to sleep... Focus ↗
11 Make sure you give it back by sunset, so that he can sleep in his own cloak and thank you, and you w... Focus ↗
12 Don't mistreat a paid servant who is poor and needy, whether he's an Israelite or a foreigner living... Focus ↗
13 Pay his wages every day before sunset, because he is poor and is relying on them. If you don't he ma... Focus ↗
14 Fathers are not to be executed because of their children, and children are not to be executed becaus... Focus ↗
15 Don't treat foreigners or orphans unjustly; don't take a widow's cloak as security. Focus ↗
16 Remember that you were once slaves in Egypt, and the Lord your God (Elohim) rescued you from that pl... Focus ↗
17 If when you're harvesting in your field you forget a sheaf there, don't go back for it. Leave it for... Focus ↗
18 When you shake the olive trees to knock down the olives, don't go over the branches again. What's le... Focus ↗
19 When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, don't go over the vines again. What's left is for the... Focus ↗
20 Remember you were once slaves in Egypt. That's why I'm ordering you to do this. Focus ↗