Deuteronomy 24
Deuteronomy 24:1 “If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent about her, he may write her a divorce certificate, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.
Deuteronomy 24:2 If, after leaving his house, she goes and becomes another man’s wife,
Deuteronomy 24:3 and the second man hates her, writes her a divorce certificate, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house, or if he dies,
Deuteronomy 24:4 the first husband who sent her away may not marry her again after she has been defiled, because that would be repulsive to Yahveh. You must not cause failures on the land Yahveh, your God, is giving you as an inheritance.
Deuteronomy 24:5 “When a man takes a bride, he must not go out with the army or be liable for any duty. He is free to stay at home for one year so that he can bring joy to the wife he has married.
Deuteronomy 24:6 “Do not take a pair of grindstones or even the upper millstone as security for a debt, because that is like taking a throat as security.
Deuteronomy 24:7 “If a man is discovered stealing a throat of one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. You must purge the evil from you.
Deuteronomy 24:8 “Be careful with a person who has a case of severe skin disease, watching carefully everything the Levitical priests instruct you to do. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.
Deuteronomy 24:9 Remember what Yahveh your God did to Miriam on the journey after you left Egypt.
Deuteronomy 24:10 “When you make a loan of any kind to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect what he offers as security.
Deuteronomy 24:11 Stand outside while the man you are making the loan to brings the security out to you.
Deuteronomy 24:12 If he is a poor man, do not lie down with the garment he has given as security.
Deuteronomy 24:13 Be sure to return it to him at sunset. Then he will lie down in it and celebrate you, and this will be counted as righteousness to you before Yahveh, your God.
Deuteronomy 24:14 “Do not exploit[1] a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether one of your Israelite brothers or one of the guests in a town in your land.
Deuteronomy 24:15 You are to pay him his wages each day before the sun sets because he is poor and his throat depends on them. Otherwise, he will cry out to Yahveh against you, and you will be held guilty of the failure.
Deuteronomy 24:16 “Fathers are not to be put to death for their children, and children are not to be put to death for their fathers; each person will be put to death for his failure.
Deuteronomy 24:17 Do not deny justice to a guest or fatherless child, and do not take a widow’s garment as security.
Deuteronomy 24:18 Remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and Yahveh, your God, redeemed you from there. Therefore, I am commanding you to do this.
Deuteronomy 24:19 “When you reap the harvest in your field, and you forget a sheaf in the field, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the guest, the fatherless, and the widow, so that Yahveh your God may empower you in all the work of your hands.
Deuteronomy 24:20 When you knock down the fruit from your olive tree, do not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the guest, the fatherless, and the widow.
Deuteronomy 24:21 When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, do not glean what is left. What remains will be for the guest, the fatherless, and the widow.
Deuteronomy 24:22 Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.
[1]עָשַׁק = exploit. Deuteronomy 24:14; 28:29, 33.
Deuteronomy 24 quotes:
“If the man decided to divorce the woman, he was to write out a bill of divorce and formally serve it on the woman. She was then sent away from the man’s house, but possession of the bill of divorce gave her a certain protection under law from any further action by the man, In the situation envisaged by this particular piece of legislation, the divorced woman then remarries another man. The second marriage is terminated, either by a second divorce or by the death of the second husband. Now comes the specific legislation: under all these circumstances, the first man may not remarry his former wife. After she has been defiled—the language (defiled) suggests adultery (see Lev. 18:20). The sense is that the woman’s remarriage after the first divorce is similar to adultery in that the woman cohabits with another man. However, if the woman were then to remarry her first husband, after divorcing the second, the analogy with adultery would become even more complete; the woman lives first with one man, then another, and finally returns to the first. Thus the intent of the legislation seems to be to apply certain restrictions on the already existing practice of divorce.”
Craigie, Peter C.. The Book of Deuteronomy (The New International Commentary on the Old Testament) (p. 305). Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.. Kindle Edition.
“This is not a general law permitting divorce or setting forth grounds for it, but simply takes the practice of divorce for granted (cf. 22:19, 29). The case is therefore a special one, framed in a casuistic fashion (as an ‘if ’ or hypothetical situation). The first three verses are the protasis (‘if ’ section), describing a situation of successive marriages that have terminated. Then verse 4 contains the apodosis (‘then’ section) which supplies the consequence to verses 1–3, and brings the law to a conclusion.”
Woods, Edward J.. Deuteronomy: An Introduction and Commentary (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries Book 5) . InterVarsity Press. Kindle Edition.
Deuteronomy 24 links:
daily wages rule
fair to everyone
in retrospect- remembering the past
jobs and the will of God
leftovers
never less than the best
poverty and dignity
remember Miriam
work and marriage
The DEUTERONOMY shelf in Jeff’s library.
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