1. “A man might marry a woman, and then find some secret thing about her that he does not like. If that man is not pleased with her, he must write the divorce papers and give them to her. Then he must send her from his house.
2. When she has left his house, she may go and become another man’s wife.
3-4. But suppose the new husband also does not like her and sends her away. If that man divorces her, the first husband may not take her again to be his wife. Or if the new husband dies, her first husband may not take her again to be his wife. She has become unclean to him. If he married her again, he would be doing something the Lord hates. You must not sin like this in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
5. “When a man is newly married, he must not be sent into the army. And he must not be given any other special work. For one year he must be free to stay home and make his new wife happy.
6. “When you lend someone something, you must not take as security any part of the stones used to grind flour. That would be the same as taking away their food.
7. “Someone might kidnap another Israelite—one of their own people. And that kidnapper might sell that person as a slave. If that happens, that kidnapper must be killed. You must remove this evil from your group.
8. “When you have a very bad skin disease, be very careful to follow everything the Levite priests teach you. You must follow carefully what I told the priests to do.
9. Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam on your trip out of Egypt.
10. “When you give someone any kind of loan, you must not go into their house to get security.
11. You must stand outside. Then the person who you gave the loan to will bring out the security to you.
12. If he is a poor man, then he might give the clothes that keep him warm. You must not keep that security overnight.