Deuteronomy (The Speeches of Moses) - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 198

THE SPEECHES OF MOSES. 24-1 25--3

SPEECH VIII.

‘§¤i¤z nf msrrixgzunh Qunnesiic I giedggz \{<>g §hjx§l_L¤;cg¤{r“¤gf {o_ pfgn, ‘§ifz. 24 When a man takes a. wife and marries her, if she does not End IO II I2 favourin his eyes, because there are found repulsive qualities in her; let him write her a letter of divorce, and put it into her hand, and send her from his house, so that she can go from his house and depart, and-be the wife of another. But if the other man hates her, then let him write her a letter of divorce, and put it in her hand, and send her from his house; or if the second man dies who took her to him as a wife, she shall not be allowed to return to the first who divorced her, to be married as his wife, after she has sinned, for that would be loathsome in the presence of the EVER-LIVING. Therefore you shall not defile the land which your Evan-mvmo Gon gives you to inherit. When a man has recently taken a

wife he shall not go out with the army, and no expedition shall be laid upon him for any thing. He shall be freed for his home for one year, and enjoy the wife he has married. You shall not take in pledge a mill-

stone or its carriage ;-—-for that would be to pledge a life. When a man is discovered stealing

a person who is his brother of the sons of Israel, and has caused him to be bound and sold ;—that thief shall be put to death. Thus you shall bum that crime, from amongst you. Regarding contagious diseases, take

especial care to do all that I have instructed you. The priests and the Levites must take care to do accord- ing to the rules I commanded them. Remember what your EVER—L1v1NG Gon did to Miriam on the march out of Mitzeraim. When as a creditor you lend your

neighbour anything, you shall not go into his house to advance upon the pledge. You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you lend shall bring to you the pledge at the out· side; and although the man is poor you shall not take his bed as the num tus plcuge, at me GBCHHG OI U18 sun both his bed and blanket, that he may bless you ;·——and it will be righteousness to you in the presence of your Evan-Livmo Gon. You shall not oppress the poor and

helpless of your brothers in their wages, nor the foreigner who is in your country, or your villages. —You shall pay them their wages daily, when the sun shall set upon them, for they are poor, and their life depends upon them,—~so that they may not cry to the EVER-LIVING against you; for it would be a sin against you. You shall not kill parents on

account of their children; nor children on account of their parents. A man shall only be put to death for his own crimes. You shall not refuse justice to the

orphan of a foreigner; nor shall you distort it against the widow of a foreigner, but remember that you were slaves to the Mitzerites, but your Evan-Lrvms Gon released you from that ; therefore I command you not to do those things. When you reap your harvest on

your farm, and have forgotten asheaf in theiield, you shall not return to take it. It shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, so that your Evaiz—L1v1No Gon may bless you in all the work of your hand. When you strip your olives you

shall not pick after yourself; that shall be done by the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. When you gather your vineyard,

you shall not glean after yourself; that shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow; for you must remember you were a slave in 16 18 20 21 22 the land of the Mitzeraim; therefore I command you to do these things. When there is a dispute between 25 men, and they appear before the Qludge, he shall examine between right and right, and wrong and wrong; and when he has decided between the assailant and the assailed, he shall cause him to be punished in his own presence according to the extent of his crime. You may inflict rofl