5. A man who has just married must not be sent to war. And he must not be given any other duty. He should be free to stay home for a year to make his new wife happy.
6. A man might owe you something. But do not take his two stones for grinding grain—not even the upper one—in place of what he owes. This is how he makes his living.
7. A man might kidnap a fellow Israelite. He might make him a slave or sell him. The kidnapper must be killed. You must get rid of the evil among you.
8. Be careful when someone has a harmful skin disease. Do exactly what the priests, the Levites, teach you. Be careful to do what I have commanded them.
9. Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam on your way out of Egypt.
10. You might make a loan to your neighbor. But don’t go into his house to get something in place of it.
11. Stay outside. Let the man himself go in and get what he promised you.
12. A poor man might give you his coat to show he will pay the loan back. But don’t keep his coat overnight.
13. Give his coat back to him at sunset. He needs his coat to sleep in. He will thank you. And the Lord your God will see that you have done a good thing.
14. Don’t cheat a hired servant who is poor and needy. He might be a fellow Israelite. Or he might be a foreigner living in one of your towns.
15. Pay him each day before sunset. He is poor and needs the money. Otherwise, he may complain to the Lord about you. And you will be guilty of sin.
16. Fathers must not be put to death when their children do wrong. And children must not be put to death when their fathers do wrong. Each person must die for his own sin.
17. Do not be unfair to a foreigner or an orphan. Don’t take a widow’s coat in place of a loan.