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her first husband who married her and divorced her earlier must not remarry her,[a] because she was defiled, since this is detestable to the Lord. Don’t defile the land that the Lord your God is about to give you as a possession.

“When a man is newly married, he must not be sent out to war or have a related duty placed on him. Let him stay home for one year and be happy with his wife whom he has married.

“Don’t take a pair of millstones, especially the upper millstone, as collateral for a loan, because this means taking a man’s[b] livelihood.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 24:4 Lit. not take her to live with him as wife
  2. Deuteronomy 24:6 Lit. taking his