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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Deuteronomy 24 New American Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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="/bmcc/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="http://biblehub.com/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NABRE</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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch05024" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn05024" class="cn"></h1> <p class="pf"><span class="hemb">Marriage Legislation.<a id="rfn05024001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn05024001-1">*</a></span> <span id="v05024001" class="ver">1</span><a id="ren05024001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05024001-a">a</a> When a man, after marrying a woman, is later displeased with her because he finds in her something indecent, and he writes out a bill of divorce and hands it to her, thus dismissing her from his house, <span id="v05024002" class="ver">2</span>if on leaving his house she goes and becomes the wife of another man, <span id="v05024003" class="ver">3</span>and the second husband, too, comes to dislike her and he writes out a bill of divorce and hands it to her, thus dismissing her from his house, or if this second man who has married her dies, <span id="v05024004" class="ver">4</span>then her former husband, who dismissed her, may not again take her as his wife after she has become defiled. That would be an abomination before the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, and you shall not bring such guilt upon the land the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God, is giving you as a heritage.<a id="ren05024004-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05024004-b">b</a></p> <p><span id="v05024005" class="ver">5</span><a id="ren05024005-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05024005-c">c</a> When a man is newly wed, he shall not go out on a military expedition, nor shall any duty be imposed on him. He shall be exempt for one year for the sake of his family, to bring joy to the wife he has married.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Pledges and Kidnappings.</span> <span id="v05024006" class="ver">6</span><a id="rfn05024006-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn05024006-1">*</a> No one shall take a hand mill or even its upper stone as a pledge for debt, for that would be taking as a pledge the debtor’s life.</p> <p><span id="v05024007" class="ver">7</span>If anyone is caught kidnapping a fellow Israelite, enslaving or selling the victim, that kidnapper shall be put to death.<a id="ren05024007-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05024007-d">d</a> Thus shall you purge the evil from your midst.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Skin Diseases.</span> <span id="v05024008" class="ver">8</span><a id="ren05024008-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05024008-e">e</a> In an attack of scaly infection<a id="rfn05024008-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn05024008-1">*</a> you shall be careful to observe exactly and to carry out all the instructions the levitical priests give you, as I have commanded them: observe them carefully. <span id="v05024009" class="ver">9</span><a id="ren05024009-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05024009-f">f</a> Remember what the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God, did to Miriam on the journey after you left Egypt.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Loans and Wages.</span> <span id="v05024010" class="ver">10</span>When you make a loan of any kind to your neighbor, you shall not enter the neighbor’s house to receive the pledge, <span id="v05024011" class="ver">11</span>but shall wait outside until the person to whom you are making the loan brings the pledge outside to you. <span id="v05024012" class="ver">12</span>If the person is poor, you shall not sleep in the pledged garment, <span id="v05024013" class="ver">13</span>but shall definitely return it at sunset, so that your neighbor may sleep in the garment<a id="ren05024013-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05024013-g">g</a> and bless you. That will be your justice before the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God.</p> <p><span id="v05024014" class="ver">14</span><a id="ren05024014-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05024014-h">h</a> You shall not exploit a poor and needy hired servant, whether one of your own kindred or one of the resident aliens who live in your land, within your gates.<a id="ren05024014-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05024014-i">i</a> <span id="v05024015" class="ver">15</span>On each day you shall pay the servant’s wages before the sun goes down, since the servant is poor and is counting on them. Otherwise the servant will cry to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> against you, and you will be held guilty.<a id="ren05024015-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05024015-j">j</a></p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Individual Responsibility.</span> <span id="v05024016" class="ver">16</span>Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their parents; only for one’s own crime shall a person be put to death.<a id="ren05024016-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05024016-k">k</a></p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Rights of the Unprotected.</span> <span id="v05024017" class="ver">17</span><a id="ren05024017-l" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05024017-l">l</a> You shall not deprive the resident alien or the orphan of justice, nor take the clothing of a widow as pledge. <span id="v05024018" class="ver">18</span>For, remember, you were slaves in Egypt, and the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God, redeemed you from there; that is why I command you to do this.</p> <p><span id="v05024019" class="ver">19</span><a id="ren05024019-m" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05024019-m">m</a> When you reap the harvest in your field and overlook a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; let it be for the resident alien, the orphan, and the widow, so that the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God, may bless you in all your undertakings. <span id="v05024020" class="ver">20</span>When you knock down the fruit of your olive trees, you shall not go over the branches a second time; let what remains be for the resident alien, the orphan, and the widow. <span id="v05024021" class="ver">21</span>When you pick your grapes, you shall not go over the vineyard a second time; let what remains be for the resident alien, the orphan, and the widow. <span id="v05024022" class="ver">22</span>For remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt; that is why I command you to do this.</p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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