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“When[a] a man takes a new wife he shall not go out with the army, and he shall not be obligated with anything;[b] he shall be free from obligation, to stay at home[c] for one year, and he shall bring joy to his wife that he took.

“A person[d] shall not take[e] a pair of millstones or an upper millstone, for he is taking necessities of life as a pledge.[f]

“If a man is caught[g] kidnapping somebody from among his countrymen,[h] the Israelites,[i] and he treats him as a slave or he sells him, then that kidnapper shall die, and so you shall purge the evil from among you.[j]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 24:5 Or “If”
  2. Deuteronomy 24:5 Literally “he shall not come across come over upon him to anything”
  3. Deuteronomy 24:5 Literally “for his house”
  4. Deuteronomy 24:6 Hebrew “he”
  5. Deuteronomy 24:6 Or “require”
  6. Deuteronomy 24:6 Literally “for a life he is taking as a pledge”
  7. Deuteronomy 24:7 Literally “found”
  8. Deuteronomy 24:7 Or “brothers”
  9. Deuteronomy 24:7 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  10. Deuteronomy 24:7 Literally “from your midst”

If 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.(A)

Do 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.(B)

If someone is caught kidnapping a fellow Israelite and treating or selling them as a slave, the kidnapper must die.(C) You must purge the evil from among you.(D)

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