Miscellaneous Laws

Deuteronomy 24

5 g "When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free at home one year h to be happy with his wife whom he has taken.

6 "No one shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge, for that would be taking a life in pledge.

7 i "If a man is found stealing one of his brothers of the people of Israel, and if he j treats him as a slave or sells him, then that thief shall die. k So you shall purge the evil from your midst.

8 "Take care, in l a case of leprous 1 disease, to be very careful to do according to all that the Levitical priests shall direct you. As I commanded them, so you shall be careful to do. 9 Remember what the Lord your God did to m Miriam n on the way as you came out of Egypt.

10 "When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not go into his house to collect his pledge. 11 You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you make the loan shall bring the pledge out to you. 12 And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep in his pledge. 13 o You shall restore to him the pledge as the sun sets, that he may sleep in his cloak and p bless you. And q it shall be righteousness for you before the Lord your God.

14 "You shall not r oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the sojourners who are in your land within your towns. 15 s You shall give him his wages on the same day, before the sun sets (for he is poor and counts on it), t lest he cry against you to the Lord, and you be guilty of sin.

16 u "Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin.

17 v "You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, w or take a widow's garment in pledge, 18 but x you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this.

19 y "When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, z that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. 20 When you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over them again. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow. 21 When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not strip it afterward. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow. 22 x You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this.

Deuteronomy 25

1 "If there is a a dispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide between them, b acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty, 2 then if the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with a number of stripes in proportion to his offense. 3 c Forty stripes may be given him, but not more, lest, if one should go on to beat him with more stripes than these, your brother be degraded in your sight.

4 d "You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.

  1. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 20:7
    And is there any man who has betrothed a wife and has not taken her? Let him go back to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man take her.
  2. Cross References
    Proverbs 5:18
    Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 21:16
    Whoever steals a man and sells him, and anyone found in possession of him, shall be put to death.
    1 Timothy 1:10
    The sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine.
  4. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 21:14
    But if you no longer delight in her, you shall let her go where she wants. But you shall not sell her for money, nor shall you treat her as a slave, since you have humiliated her.
  5. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 13:5
    But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has taught rebellion against the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you out of the house of slavery, to make you leave the way in which the Lord your God commanded you to walk. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.
  6. Cross References
    Leviticus 13:1 - 14:1
    The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying.
  7. Cross References
    Numbers 12:10 - 15
    When the cloud removed from over the tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, like snow. And Aaron turned toward Miriam, and behold, she was leprous.
  8. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 25:17
    Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you came out of Egypt.
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 22:26
    If ever you take your neighbor's cloak in pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down.
  10. Cross References
    Job 29:13
    The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
    Job 31:20
    If his body has not blessed me, and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep.
  11. Cross References
    Psalms 112:9
    He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor.
    Daniel 4:27
    Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity.
    Deuteronomy 6:25
    And it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to do all this commandment before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us.
  12. Cross References
    Malachi 3:5
    Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
    Leviticus 25:39 - 43
    If your brother becomes poor beside you and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve as a slave:
  13. Cross References
    Jeremiah 22:13
    Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice, who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing and does not give him his wages.
    Leviticus 19:13
    You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
  14. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 15:9
    Take care lest there be an unworthy thought in your heart and you say, 'The seventh year, the year of release is near,' and your eye look grudgingly on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he cry to the Lord against you, and you be guilty of sin.
    James 5:4
    Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
  15. Cross References
    2 Kings 14:6
    But he did not put to death the children of the murderers, according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the Lord commanded, "Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. But each one shall die for his own sin.
    2 Chronicles 25:4
    But he did not put their children to death, according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the Lord commanded, "Fathers shall not die because of their children, nor children die because of their fathers, but each one shall die for his own sin.
    Jeremiah 31:29 - 30
    In those days they shall no longer say: "'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
    Ezekiel 18:20
    The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.
  16. Cross References
    Exodus 22:21 - 22
    You shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him,...
    Exodus 23:6
    You shall not pervert the justice due to your p...
    Deuteronomy 10:18
    He executes justice for the fatherless and the ...
    Deuteronomy 27:19
    "'Cursed be anyone who perverts the justice due...
    Isaiah 1:23
    Your princes are rebels and companions of thiev...
    Jeremiah 5:28
    They have grown fat and sleek. They know no bou...
    Deuteronomy 16:19
    You shall not pervert justice. You shall not sh...
  17. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 24:6
    No one shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge, for that would be taking a life in pledge.
    Deuteronomy 24:13
    You shall restore to him the pledge as the sun sets, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you. And it shall be righteousness for you before the Lord your God.
    Job 24:3
    They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
  18. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 5:15
    You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
  19. Cross References
    Leviticus 19:9
    When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest.
    Leviticus 23:22
    "And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God."
  20. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 14:29
    And the Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance with you, and the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your towns, shall come and eat and be filled, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands that you do.
  21. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 24:18
    But you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this.
  22. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 19:17
    Then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days.
  23. Cross References
    1 Kings 8:32
    Then hear in heaven and act and judge your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
    Proverbs 17:15
    He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
  24. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 11:24
    Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one.
  25. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 9:9
    For it is written in the Law of Moses, "You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain." Is it for oxen that God is concerned?
    1 Timothy 5:18
    For the Scripture says, "You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain," and, "The laborer deserves his wages.
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