Deuteronomy 24 (NET)

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Deuteronomy 24:1¹If a man marries a woman and she does not please him because he has found something indecent in her, then he may draw up a divorce document, give it to her, and evict her from his house.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 19:7-9 Deut 22:13 Isa 50:1 Mark 10:4-12 Deut 22:19 Deut 22:29 Jer 3:8 Deut 24:3 Exod 21:10 1 Cor 7:11-12

Deuteronomy 24:2²When she has left him she may go and become someone else’s wife.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 7:15 Ezek 44:22 Lev 21:14 Lev 21:7 Lev 22:13 Mark 10:11 Matt 5:32 Num 30:9

Deuteronomy 24:3³If the second husband rejects her and then divorces her, gives her the papers, and evicts her from his house, or if the second husband who married her dies,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Deuteronomy 24:4⁴her first husband who divorced her is not permitted to remarry her after she has become ritually impure, for that is offensive to the Lord. You must not bring guilt on the land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 3:1

Deuteronomy 24:5⁵When a man is newly married, he need not go into the army nor be obligated in any way; he must be free to stay at home for a full year and bring joy to the wife he has married.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 20:7 Prov 5:18 Gen 2:24 Titus 2:4-5 Mark 10:6-9 Eccl 9:9 Matt 19:4-6 Eph 5:28-29 1 Cor 7:10-15 1 Cor 7:29

Deuteronomy 24:6⁶One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 20:19 Luke 12:15 Gen 44:30 Rev 18:22 Exod 22:26-27

Deuteronomy 24:7⁷If a man is found kidnapping a person from among his fellow Israelites, and regards him as mere property and sells him, that kidnapper must die. In this way you will purge the evil from among you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 21:16 1 Tim 1:10 Exod 22:1-4 Rev 18:13 Deut 19:19 Ezek 27:13

Deuteronomy 24:8⁸Be careful during an outbreak of leprosy to follow precisely all that the Levitical priests instruct you; as I have commanded them, so you should do.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Lev 14:2 Lev 13:1-46 Lev 13:57 Lev 14:9-10 Luke 17:14 Luke 5:14 Mark 1:44 Matt 8:4

Deuteronomy 24:9⁹Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam along the way after you left Egypt.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 12:10-15 1 Cor 10:11 1 Cor 10:6 2 Chr 26:20-21 2 Kgs 7:3 Num 5:2 Luke 17:32

Deuteronomy 24:10¹⁰When you make any kind of loan to your neighbor, you may not go into his house to claim what he is offering as security.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 15:8 Exod 22:27

Deuteronomy 24:11¹¹You must stand outside and the person to whom you are making the loan will bring out to you what he is offering as security.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Deuteronomy 24:12¹²If the person is poor you may not use what he gives you as security for a covering.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 24:17

Deuteronomy 24:13¹³You must by all means return to him at sunset the item he gave you as security so that he may sleep in his outer garment and bless you for it; it will be considered a just deed by the Lord your God.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Dan 4:27 Deut 6:25 Exod 22:26-27 Deut 24:15 2 Tim 1:16-18 Amos 2:8 Deut 15:9-10 Eph 4:26 Ezek 18:12 Ezek 18:7

Deuteronomy 24:14¹⁴You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mal 3:5 Prov 14:31 Prov 22:16 Amos 4:1 Job 24:10-11 Amos 2:7 Deut 15:12-18 Job 31:13-15 Lev 25:35-43 Luke 10:7

Deuteronomy 24:15¹⁵You must pay his wage that very day before the sun sets, for he is poor and his life depends on it. Otherwise he will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Lev 19:13 Jas 5:4 Prov 3:27-28 Jer 22:13 Deut 15:9 Exod 22:23-24 Job 35:9 Job 34:28 Isa 5:7 Job 31:38

Deuteronomy 24:16¹⁶Fathers must not be put to death for what their children do, nor children for what their fathers do; each must be put to death for his own sin.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 18:20 2 Chr 25:4 Jer 31:29-30 2 Kgs 14:5-6

Deuteronomy 24:17¹⁷You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow’s garment as security for a loan.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 16:19 Deut 27:19 Exod 22:21-22 Exod 23:6 Deut 1:17 Exod 23:2 Exod 23:9 Isa 1:23 Jer 5:28 Job 29:11-17

Deuteronomy 24:18¹⁸Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do all this.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 5:15 Deut 15:15 Deut 16:12 Deut 24:22

Deuteronomy 24:19¹⁹Whenever you reap your harvest in your field and leave some unraked grain there, you must not return to get it; it should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow so that the Lord your God may bless all the work you do.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Lev 23:22 Prov 19:17 Deut 14:29 Lev 19:9-10 Luke 14:13-14 Luke 6:38 2 Cor 9:6-8 Isa 32:8 Isa 58:7-11 Prov 11:24-25

Deuteronomy 24:20²⁰When you beat your olive tree you must not repeat the procedure; the remaining olives belong to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Lev 19:10

Deuteronomy 24:21²¹When you gather the grapes of your vineyard you must not do so a second time; they should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 24:19 Lev 19:9-10

Deuteronomy 24:22²²Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt; therefore, I am commanding you to do all this.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 24:18 1 John 4:10-11 2 Cor 8:8-9 Deut 5:14-15 Deut 7:8 Eph 5:1-2 Isa 51:1

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