Miscellaneous Laws

Deuteronomy 24

5 d "When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war or be charged with any business; he shall be free at home one year, and e bring happiness to his wife whom he has taken.

6 "No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone in pledge, for he takes 1 one's living in pledge.

7 "If a man is f found 2 kidnapping any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and mistreats him or sells him, then that kidnapper shall die; g and you shall put away the evil from among you.

8 "Take heed in h an outbreak of leprosy, that you carefully observe and do according to all that the priests, the Levites, shall teach you; just as I commanded them, so you shall be careful to do. 9 i "Remember what the LORD your God did j to Miriam on the way when you came out of Egypt!

10 "When you k lend your brother anything, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge. 11 "You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you lend shall bring the pledge out to you. 12 "And if the man is poor, you shall not 3 keep his pledge overnight. 13 l "You shall in any case return the pledge to him again when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his own garment and m bless you; and n it shall be righteousness to you before the LORD your God.

14 "You shall not o oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether one of your brethren or one of the aliens who is in your land within your gates. 15 "Each day p you shall give him his wages, and not let the sun go down on it, for he is poor and has set his heart on it; q lest he cry out against you to the LORD, and it be sin to you.

16 r "Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; a person shall be put to death for his own sin.

17 s "You shall not pervert justice due the stranger or the fatherless, t nor take a widow's garment as a pledge. 18 "But u you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this thing.

19 v "When you reap your harvest in your field, and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that the LORD your God may w bless you in all the work of your hands. 20 "When you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. 21 "When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it afterward; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. 22 "And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this thing.

Deuteronomy 25

1 "If there is a a dispute between men, and they come to 4 court, that the judges may judge them, and they b justify the righteous and condemn the wicked, 2 "then it shall be, if the wicked man c deserves to be beaten, that the judge will cause him to lie down d and be beaten in his presence, according to his guilt, with a certain number of blows. 3 e "Forty blows he may give him and no more, lest he should exceed this and beat him with many blows above these, and your brother f be humiliated in your sight.

4 g "You shall not muzzle an ox while it 5 treads out the grain.

  1. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 20:7
    'And what man is there who is betrothed to a woman and has not married her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man marry her.'
  2. Cross References
    Proverbs 5:18
    Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice with the wife of your youth.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 21:16
    He who kidnaps a man and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, shall surely be put to death.
  4. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 19:19
    Then you shall do to him as he thought to have done to his brother; so you shall put away the evil from among you.
  5. Cross References
    Leviticus 13:2
    When a man has on the skin of his body a swelling, a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes on the skin of his body like a leprous sore, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the priests.
    Leviticus 14:2
    This shall be the law of the leper for the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought to the priest.
  6. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 10:6
    Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted.
  7. Cross References
    Numbers 12:10
    And when the cloud departed from above the tabernacle, suddenly Miriam became leprous, as white as snow. Then Aaron turned toward Miriam, and there she was, a leper.
  8. Cross References
    Matthew 5:42
    Give to him who asks you, and from him who wants to borrow from you do not turn away.
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 22:26
    If you ever take your neighbor's garment as a pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down.
    Ezekiel 18:7
    If he has not oppressed anyone, But has restored to the debtor his pledge; Has robbed no one by violence, But has given his bread to the hungry And covered the naked with clothing.
  10. Cross References
    Job 29:11
    When the ear heard, then it blessed me, And when the eye saw, then it approved me.
    2 Timothy 1:18
    The Lord grant to him that he may find mercy from the Lord in that Day - and you know very well how many ways he ministered to me at Ephesus.
  11. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 6:25
    'Then it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to observe all these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us.'
    Psalms 106:31
    And that was accounted to him for righteousness To all generations forevermore.
    Daniel 4:27
    Therefore, O king, let my advice be acceptable to you; break off your sins by being righteous, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your prosperity.
  12. Cross References
    Leviticus 19:13
    You shall not cheat your neighbor, nor rob him....
    Deuteronomy 15:7 - 18
    If there is among you a poor man of your brethr...
    Proverbs 14:31
    He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker,...
    Amos 4:1
    Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on ...
    Malachi 3:5
    And I will come near you for judgment; I will b...
    1 Timothy 5:18
    For the Scripture says, "You shall not muzzle a...
  13. Cross References
    Leviticus 19:13
    You shall not cheat your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of him who is hired shall not remain with you all night until morning.
    Jeremiah 22:13
    Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness And his chambers by injustice, Who uses his neighbor's service without wages And gives him nothing for his work.
  14. Cross References
    Exodus 22:23
    If you afflict them in any way, and they cry at all to Me, I will surely hear their cry.
    Deuteronomy 15:9
    Beware lest there be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, 'The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,' and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing, and he cry out to the LORD against you, and it become sin among you.
    Job 35:9
    Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry out for help because of the arm of the mighty.
    James 5:4
    Indeed the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
  15. Cross References
    2 Kings 14:6
    But the children of the murderers he did not execute, according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, in which the LORD commanded, saying, "Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; but a person shall be put to death for his own sin.
    2 Chronicles 25:4
    However he did not execute their children, but did as it is written in the Law in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, "The fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall the children be put to death for their fathers; but a person shall die for his own sin.
    Jeremiah 31:29
    "In those days they shall say no more: 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children's teeth are set on edge.'
    Jeremiah 31:30
    But every one shall die for his own iniquity; every man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.
    Ezekiel 18:20
    The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.
  16. Cross References
    Exodus 23:6
    You shall not pervert the judgment of your poor in his dispute.
  17. Cross References
    Exodus 22:26
    If you ever take your neighbor's garment as a pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down.
  18. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 24:22
    And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this thing.
  19. Cross References
    Leviticus 19:9
    When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.
    Leviticus 19:10
    And you shall not glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather every grape of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger: I am the LORD your God.
  20. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 15:10
    You shall surely give to him, and your heart should not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the LORD your God will bless you in all your works and in all to which you put your hand.
    Psalms 41:1
    Blessed is he who considers the poor; The LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
    Proverbs 19:17
    He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD, And He will pay back what he has given.
  21. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 17:8 - 13
    If a matter arises which is too hard for you to judge, between degrees of guilt for bloodshed, between one judgment or another, or between one punishment or another, matters of controversy within your gates, then you shall arise and go up to the place which the LORD your God chooses.
    Deuteronomy 19:17
    Then both men in the controversy shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who serve in those days.
    Ezekiel 44:24
    In controversy they shall stand as judges, and judge it according to My judgments. They shall keep My laws and My statutes in all My appointed meetings, and they shall hallow My Sabbaths.
  22. Cross References
    Proverbs 17:15
    He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, Both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.
  23. Cross References
    Proverbs 19:29
    Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And beatings for the backs of fools.
    Luke 12:48
    But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more.
  24. Cross References
    Matthew 10:17
    But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils and scourge you in their synagogues.
  25. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 11:24
    From the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one.
  26. Cross References
    Job 18:3
    Why are we counted as beasts, And regarded as stupid in your sight?
  27. Cross References
    Proverbs 12:10
    A righteous man regards the life of his animal, But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
    1 Corinthians 9:9
    For it is written in the law of Moses, "You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain." Is it oxen God is concerned about?
    1 Timothy 5:18
    For the Scripture says, "You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain," and, "The laborer is worthy of his wages.
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