Deuteronomy Chapter 24

Bill of divorcement

24:1 When a man has taken a wife, and married her, and it so happen that she find no favor in his eyes, because he has found some uncleanness in her then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give [it] in her hand, and send her out of his house.
24:2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s [wife].
24:3 And [if] the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and gives [it] in her hand, and sends her out of his house ; or if the latter husband die, which took her [to be] his wife ;
24:4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled ; for that [is] abomination before YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
and you will not cause the land to sin, which YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
your Elohim אֱלֹהֶיךָ
Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word Elohim for more info on the word click here
gives y’all [for] an inheritance.

A new wife


24:5 When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business [but] he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he has taken.
24:6 No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge for he takes [a man’s] life to pledge.
24:7 If a man is found stealing any of his brothers of the sons of Israel, and makes merchandise of him, or sells him; then that thief shall die ; and you will put evil away from among you.

Plague of leprosy


24:8 Beware of the plague of leprosy, that you observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levitesלְוִיִּם
/ˈliːvaɪt/ LEE-vyte;romanized: Lǝvīyyīm) or Levi are Jewish males who claim patrilineal descent from the Tribe of Levi. The Tribe of Levi descended from Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah. The surname Halevi, which consists of the Hebrew definite article “ה” Ha- (‘the’) plus Levi (‘Levite’) is not conclusive regarding being a Levite; a titular use of HaLevi indicates being a Levite. The daughter of a Levite is a Bat Levi (Bat being Hebrew for ‘daughter’) For more info click here
shall teach you as I commanded them, [so] y’all shall observe to do.
24:9 Remember what YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
your Elohim אֱלֹהֶיךָ
Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word Elohim for more info on the word click here
did to Miriam on the roadבַּדֶּרֶךְ
Transliteration: dereḵ Pronunciation: deh’-rek way, road, distance, journey, manner For more info click here
, after y’all had come out of Egypt.
24:10 When you do lend your brother anything, you will not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
24:11 You will stand abroad, and the man to whom you do lend shall bring out the pledge abroad to y’all .
24:12 And if the man [be] poor, you will not sleep with his pledge
24:13 In any case you will deliver him the pledge again when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his own clothes, and bless y’all and it shall be righteousness צְדָקָה
Transliteration: ṣᵊḏāqâ Pronunciation: tsed-aw-kaw’ For more info click here
to y’all before YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
your Elohim אֱלֹהֶיךָ
Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word Elohim for more info on the word click here
.

Oppression of servants

24:14 You will not oppress a hired servant [that is] poor and needy, [whether he be] of your brothers, or of your strangers that [are] in your land within your gates
24:15 At his day you will give [him] his hire, neither shall the sun go down on it; for he [is] poor, and sets his heart on it unless he cry against y’all to YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, and it be sin to y’all .
24:16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the sons, or shall the sons be put to death for the fathers every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
24:17 You will not pervert the judgment of the stranger, [or] of the fatherless ; or take a widow’s clothing as pledge
24:18 But you will remember that you were a slaveעֶבֶד
Transliteration: ʿeḇeḏ – pronunciation: eh’-bed, – a slave – a servant:—× bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant – worshipers (of God) For more info click here
in Egypt, and YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
your Elohim אֱלֹהֶיךָ
Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word Elohim for more info on the word click here
redeemed y’all there therefore I command y’all to do this thing.
24:19 When you cut down your harvest in your field, and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you will not go back to fetch it it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow that YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
your Elohim אֱלֹהֶיךָ
Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word Elohim for more info on the word click here
may bless y’all in all the work of your hands.
24:20 When you beat your olive tree, you will not go over the boughs again it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
24:21 When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you will not glean [it] afterward it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
24:22 And you will remember that you were a slaveעֶבֶד
Transliteration: ʿeḇeḏ – pronunciation: eh’-bed, – a slave – a servant:—× bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant – worshipers (of God) For more info click here
in the land of Egypt so I command y’all to do this thing.

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