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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Deuteronomy 24 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/deuteronomy/24.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/deuteronomy/24-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > Deuteronomy 24</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../deuteronomy/23.htm" title="Deuteronomy 23">◄</a> Deuteronomy 24 <a href="../deuteronomy/25.htm" title="Deuteronomy 25">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">A Law about Divorce</h3><h5 class="sp">Moses said to Israel:</h5><p class="par"><span class="v5_24_1"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.24.1" class="v5_24_1">1</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Deut.24.1!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Suppose a woman was divorced by her first husband because he found something disgraceful about her.<a href="#fn" id="link_Deut.24.1!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> He wrote out divorce papers, gave them to her, and sent her away. </span><span class="v5_24_2"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.24.2" class="v5_24_2">2</span>Later she married another man, </span><span class="v5_24_3"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.24.3" class="v5_24_3">3</span>who then either divorced her in the same way or died. </span><span class="v5_24_4"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.24.4" class="v5_24_4">4</span>Since she has slept with her second husband, she cannot marry her first husband again. Their marriage would pollute the land that the <span class="nd">Lord</span> your God is giving you, and he would be disgusted.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Newlyweds</h3><h5 class="sp">Moses said to Israel:</h5><p class="par"><span class="v5_24_5"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.24.5" class="v5_24_5">5</span>If a man and a woman have been married less than one year, he must not be sent off to war or sent away to do forced labor. He must be allowed to stay home for a year and be happy with his wife.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Loans</h3><h5 class="sp">Moses said to Israel:</h5><p class="par"><span class="v5_24_6"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.24.6" class="v5_24_6">6</span>When you lend money to people, you are allowed to keep something of theirs as a guarantee that they will pay back the loan. But don't take one or both of their millstones, or else they may starve. They need these stones for grinding grain into flour to make bread.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Kidnapping</h3><h5 class="sp">Moses said to Israel:</h5><p class="par"><span class="v5_24_7"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.24.7" class="v5_24_7">7</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Deut.24.7!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> If you are guilty of kidnapping Israelites and forcing them into slavery, you will be put to death to remove this evil from the community.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Skin Diseases</h3><h5 class="sp">Moses said to Israel:</h5><p class="par"><span class="v5_24_8"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.24.8" class="v5_24_8">8</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Deut.24.8!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> I have told the priests<a href="#fn" id="link_Deut.24.8!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> what to do if any of you have leprosy,<a href="#fn" id="link_Deut.24.8!f.3" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> so do exactly what they say. </span><span class="v5_24_9"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.24.9" class="v5_24_9">9</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Deut.24.9!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> And remember what the <span class="nd">Lord</span> your God did to Miriam<a href="#fn" id="link_Deut.24.9!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> after you left Egypt.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Loans</h3><h5 class="sp">Moses said to Israel:</h5><p class="par"><span class="v5_24_10"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.24.10" class="v5_24_10">10</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Deut.24.10!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> When you lend money to people, you are allowed to keep something of theirs as a guarantee that the money will be paid back. But you must not go into their house to get it. </span><span class="v5_24_11"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.24.11" class="v5_24_11">11</span>Wait outside, and they will bring out the item you have agreed on.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v5_24_12"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.24.12" class="v5_24_12">12</span>Suppose someone is so poor that a coat is the only thing that can be offered as a guarantee on a loan. Don't keep the coat overnight. </span><span class="v5_24_13"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.24.13" class="v5_24_13">13</span>Instead, give it back before sunset, so the owner can keep warm and sleep and ask the <span class="nd">Lord</span> to bless you. Then the <span class="nd">Lord</span> your God will notice that you have done the right thing.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Poor People's Wages</h3><h5 class="sp">Moses said:</h5><p class="par"><span class="v5_24_14"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.24.14" class="v5_24_14">14</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Deut.24.14!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> If you hire poor people to work for you, don't hold back their pay,<a href="#fn" id="link_Deut.24.14!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> whether they are Israelites or foreigners who live in your town. </span><span class="v5_24_15"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.24.15" class="v5_24_15">15</span>Pay them their wages at the end of each day, because they live in poverty and need the money to survive. If you don't pay them on time, they will complain about you to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, and he will punish you.</span></p><h3 class="s1">The Death Penalty</h3><h5 class="sp">Moses said to Israel:</h5><p class="par"><span class="v5_24_16"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.24.16" class="v5_24_16">16</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Deut.24.16!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Parents must not be put to death for crimes committed by their children, and children must not be put to death for crimes committed by their parents. Don't put anyone to death for someone else's crime.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Don't Mistreat the Powerless</h3><h5 class="sp">Moses said to Israel:</h5><p class="par"><span class="v5_24_17"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.24.17" class="v5_24_17">17</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Deut.24.17!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Make sure that orphans and foreigners are treated fairly. And if you lend money to a widow and want to keep something of hers to guarantee that she will pay you back, don't take any of her clothes. </span><span class="v5_24_18"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.24.18" class="v5_24_18">18</span>You were slaves in Egypt until the <span class="nd">Lord</span> your God rescued you. That's why I am giving you these laws.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Leave Some of Your Harvest for the Poor</h3><h5 class="sp">Moses said to Israel:</h5><p class="par"><span class="v5_24_19"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.24.19" class="v5_24_19">19</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Deut.24.19!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> If you forget to bring in a stack of harvested grain, don't go back in the field to get it. Leave it for the poor, including foreigners, orphans, and widows, and the <span class="nd">Lord</span> will make you successful in everything you do.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v5_24_20"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.24.20" class="v5_24_20">20</span>When you harvest your olives, don't try to get them all for yourself, but leave some for the poor. </span><span class="v5_24_21"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.24.21" class="v5_24_21">21</span>And when you pick your grapes, go over the vines only once, then let the poor have what is left. </span><span class="v5_24_22"><span class="reftext" id="Deut.24.22" class="v5_24_22">22</span>You lived in poverty as slaves in Egypt until the <span class="nd">Lord</span> your God rescued you. That's why I am giving you these laws.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">something disgraceful about her: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.8 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the priests: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 17.8-12.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.8 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">leprosy: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The word “leprosy” was used for many different kinds of skin diseases.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.9 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">what the <char style="nd">Lord</char> your God did to Miriam: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See Numbers 12.1-16.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.14 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">don't hold back their pay: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Dead Sea Scrolls; the Standard Hebrew Text “treat them right.”</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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