Reformation Directory

1 Diuorcement is permitted 5 He that is newly maried is exempted from warre. 6 Of the pledge. 14 Wages muſt not be reteined. 16 The good muſt not be puniſhed for the bad 17 The care of the ſtranger, fatherles and widowe.

1.WHen ^a mã taketh ^a wife, and ma- rieth her, if ſo be ſhe finde no fa- uour in his eyes, becauſe he hathe eſpied ſome filthines in her, ^a then let him write her ^a bil of diuorcemẽt, and put it in her hand, and ſend her out of his houſe.

2.And whẽ ſhe is departed out of his hou- ſe, and gone her way, and mary with an o- ther man,

3.And if the later houſband hate her, and write her a letter of diuorcement, and put it in her hãd, and ſend her out of his hou- ſe, or if the later man dye which toke her to wife:

4.Then her firſt houſband, which ſent her away, may not take her againe to be his wife, after that ſhe is ^b defiled: for that is abominacion in the ſight of the Lord, and thou ſhalt not cauſe y^e lãd to ſinne, which y^e Lord thy God doeth giue thee to inherit.

5.¶ When a man taketh a newe wife, he ſhal not go a warfare, nether ſhalbe charged ^c with anie buſines, but ſhalbe fre at home one yere, and reioyce with his wife which he hathe taken.

6.¶ No man ſhal take the nether nor y^e vp- per ^d milſtone to pledge : for this gage is his liuing.

7.¶ If anie man be found ſtealing anie of his brethren of the childrẽ of Iſraél, and maketh marchãdiſe of him, or ſelleth him, that thefe ſhal dye: ſo ſhalt thou put euil away from among you.

8.¶ Take hede of the ^* plague of leproſie, that thou obſerue diligently, & do accor- ding to all that the Prieſts of the Leuites ſhal teache you: take hede ye do as I com- manded them.

9.Remember what the Lord thy God did vnto ^* Miriám by the way after that ye we- re come out of Egypt.

10.¶ When y^u ſhalt aſke againe of thy neigh bour anie thing lent, thou ſhalt not go ^e in- to his houſe to fet his pledge.

11.But thou ſhalt ſtand without, and the mã that borowed it of thee, ſhal bring y^e pled- ge out of the dores vnto thee.

12.Furthermore if it be a poore bodie, thou ſhalt not ſlepe with his pledge,

13.But ſhalt reſtore him the pledge when y^e ſunne goeth downe, y^t he may ſlepe in his rayment, & bleſſe thee:& it ſhalbe righte- ouſnes vnto thee, before y^e Lord thy God. ^f

14.¶ Thou ſhalt not oppreſſe an hired ſer- uant that is nedy and poore, ^* nether ^* of thy brethren, nor of the ſtranger that is in thy land within thy gates.

15.^* Thou ſhalt giue him his hire for his day, nether ſhal the ſunne go downe vpon it: for he is poore, & therewith ſuſteineth his life: leſt he crye againſt thee vnto the Lord, and it be ſinne vnto thee.

16.¶ ^* The fathers ſhal not be put to death for the children, nor the children put to death for the fathers, but euerie man ſhal- be put to death for his owne ſinne.

17.¶ Thou ſhalt not peruert the right of the ^g ſtranger, nor of the fatherles, nor take a widowes raiment to pledge.

18.But remember that thou waſt a ſeruant in Egypt, & how the Lord thy God deli- uered thee thence: therefore I commande thee to do this thing.

19.¶ ^* When y^u cutteſt downe thine harueſt in thy field, & haſt forgotten a ſheafe in the field, thou ſhalt not go againe to fet it, ^* but ^* it ſhalbe for the ſtranger, for the fa- therles, for the widow: that the Lord thy God may bleſſe thee in all the workes

20.Whẽ thou ^" beateſt thine oliue tre, thou ſhalt not go ouer the boughes againe, but it ſhalbe for the ſtranger, for y^e fatherles, and for the widow.

21.When thou gathereſt thy ^" vineyard, thou ſhalt not gather the grapes cleane after thee, but thei ſhalbe for the ſtranger, for the fatherles and for the widow.

22.And remember that thou waſt ^h a ſeruãt in the land of Egypt: therefore I cõmãde thee to do this thing.

Deuteronomy 24

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