Deuteronomy 24:5-25:4

“When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any

other public duty. He shall be free at home one year to be happy with his wife whom

he has taken.

6 “No one shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge, for that would be taking a

life in pledge.

7 “If a man is found stealing one of his brothers of the people of Israel, and if he treats

him as a slave or sells him, then that thief shall die. So you shall purge the evil from

your midst.

8 “Take care, in a case of leprous disease, to be very careful to do according to all that

the Levitical priests shall direct you. As I commanded them, so you shall be careful to

do. 9 Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam on the way as you came out of

Egypt.

10 “When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not go into his house to

collect his pledge. 11 You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you make the loan

shall bring the pledge out to you. 12And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep in his

pledge. 13 You shall restore to him the pledge as the sun sets, that he may sleep in his

cloak and bless you. And it shall be righteousness for you before the Lord your God.

14 “You shall not oppress a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether he is one of

your brothers or one of the sojourners who are in your land within your towns. 15 You

shall give him his wages on the same day, before the sun sets (for he is poor and

counts on it), lest he cry against you to the Lord, and you be guilty of sin.

16 “Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put

to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin.

17 “You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, or take a

widow's garment in 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.

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 sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, that

the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. 20When you beat your

olive trees, you shall not go over them again. It shall be for the sojourner, the father-

less, and the widow. 21When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not strip

12 it afterward. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow. 22 You shall re-

member that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do

this.

25:1“If there is a dispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide

between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty, 2

then if the guilty

man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall cause him to lie down and be beaten in his

presence with a number of stripes in proportion to his offense. 3

Forty stripes may be

given him, but not more, lest, if one should go on to beat him with more stripes than

these, your brother be degraded in your sight.

4“You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.”