| New International Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1If a man marries a woman who becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent about her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, | 1If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house. |
| 2and if after she leaves his house she becomes the wife of another man, | 2If, after leaving his house, she goes and becomes another man’s wife, |
| 3and her second husband dislikes her and writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, or if he dies, | 3and the second man hates her, writes her a certificate of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house, or if he dies, |
| 4then her first husband, who divorced her, is not allowed to marry her again after she has been defiled. That would be detestable in the eyes of the LORD. Do not bring sin upon the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance. | 4then the husband who divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance. |
| 5If a man has recently married, he must not be sent to war or have any other duty laid on him. For one year he is to be free to stay at home and bring happiness to the wife he has married. | 5If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married. |
| 6Do not take a pair of millstones--not even the upper one--as security for a debt, because that would be taking a person's livelihood as security. | 6Do not take a pair of millstones or even an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking one’s livelihood as security. |
| 7If someone is caught kidnapping a fellow Israelite and treating or selling them as a slave, the kidnapper must die. You must purge the evil from among you. | 7If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you. |
| 8In cases of defiling skin diseases, be very careful to do exactly as the Levitical priests instruct you. You must follow carefully what I have commanded them. | 8In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them. |
| 9Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam along the way after you came out of Egypt. | 9Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the journey after you came out of Egypt. |
| 10When you make a loan of any kind to your neighbor, do not go into their house to get what is offered to you as a pledge. | 10When you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security. |
| 11Stay outside and let the neighbor to whom you are making the loan bring the pledge out to you. | 11You are to stand outside while the man to whom you are lending brings the security out to you. |
| 12If the neighbor is poor, do not go to sleep with their pledge in your possession. | 12If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession; |
| 13Return their cloak by sunset so that your neighbor may sleep in it. Then they will thank you, and it will be regarded as a righteous act in the sight of the LORD your God. | 13be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God. |
| 14Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns. | 14Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns. |
| 15Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor and are counting on it. Otherwise they may cry to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin. | 15You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin. |
| 16Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin. | 16Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin. |
| 17Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge. | 17Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security. |
| 18Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the LORD your God redeemed you from there. That is why I command you to do this. | 18Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from that place. Therefore I am commanding you to do this. |
| 19When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. | 19If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. |
| 20When you beat the olives from your trees, do not go over the branches a second time. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow. | 20When you beat the olives from your trees, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow. |
| 21When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, do not go over the vines again. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow. | 21When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not go over the vines again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow. |
| 22Remember that you were slaves in Egypt. That is why I command you to do this. | 22Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this. |
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