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Deuteronomy 24
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When a man hath taken a
wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his
eyes, because he hath 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. |
(24:1-4) If a man marries a woman and later finds
"some uncleanness in her," he can divorce her and kick her out of his
house. If another man marries her and then dies, the first husband cannot
marry her again. "For that is an abomination before the Lord."
What the Bible says about marriage and
divorce
The Bible's War on Marriage
Is divorce ever permissible?
Is it OK for a divorced woman to remarry?
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And when she is
departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife.
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And if the latter
husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in
her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die,
which took her to be his wife;
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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 the LORD: and thou shalt
not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an
inheritance. |
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When a man hath 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 hath taken. |
Newlyweds
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No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he
taketh a man's life to pledge.
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If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel,
and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die;
and thou shalt put evil away from among you. |
Those who capture slaves and sell them must be executed.
Does God approve of slavery?
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Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do
according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I
commanded them, so ye shall observe to do. |
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Remember what the LORD
thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of
Egypt. |
"Remember what the Lord thy God did unto
Miriam." (He struck her with leprosy for rightly accusing Moses of breaking
God's laws regarding marriage [Num.12:10]).
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When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his
house to fetch his pledge.
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Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring
out the pledge abroad unto thee. |
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And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge: |
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In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth
down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be
righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God. |
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Thou shalt not oppress an hired
servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy
gates: |
(24:14-15) Do not oppress the poor, whether they be slaves, neighbors,
or strangers. (Does this mean we can't own slaves?)
Does God approve of slavery?
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At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down
upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against
thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee. |
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The fathers shall not
be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death
for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin. |
This verse says that sons are not punished
for the sins of their fathers. But elsewhere in
the Bible it is clearly stated that sons are punished for their fathers' sins.
Are we punished for the sins of others?
| 24:17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the
fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge: |
(24:17-21)
"It shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow."
Be kind to widows, orphans, fatherless children and strangers. Share whatever you have with them.
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But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD
thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing. |
| | 24:19 When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf
in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the
stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may
bless thee in all the work of thine hands. |
| | 24:20 When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs
again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. |
| | 24:21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it
afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the
widow. |
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And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt:
therefore I command thee to do this thing. |
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