1 When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

<>vv. 1-2, <>v. 1, <>taken a wife … married, <>wife, <>she find no favour in his eyes, <>found some uncleanness in her, <>let him write her a bill of divorcement … and send her out, <>divorcement

2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife.

<>vv. 1-2

3 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife;

<>if the latter husband hate her, <>husband … husband, <>die

4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

<>before the LORD, <>thou shalt not cause the land to sin, <>cause … to sin, <>the land … which the LORD thy God giveth thee, <>which the LORD thy God giveth, <>the LORD thy God giveth thee … an inheritance

5 When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.

6 No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.

<>v. 6, <>nether

7 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.

<>v. 7, <>stealing … thief, <>children, <>Israel, <>put evil away from among you

8 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.

<>v. 8, <>observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do, <>diligently, <>the priests the Levites shall teach, <>the priests, <>teach, <>as I commanded … so ye shall observe to do, <>observe to do

9 Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt.

<>what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam, <>by the way

10 When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

<>vv. 10-13

11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.

<>vv. 10-13

12 And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:

<>vv. 10-13, <>poor, <>thou shalt not sleep with his pledge

13 In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.

<>vv. 10-13, <>the sun goeth down, <>the sun, <>righteousness unto thee, <>righteousness … before the LORD thy God

14 Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:

<>vv. 14-15, <>servant, <>needy, <>whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers, <>strangers, <>gates

15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.

<>vv. 14-15, <>lest he cry against thee unto the LORD

16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

<>v. 16, <>every man shall be put to death for his own sin

17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:

<>Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, <>Thou shalt not pervert the judgment, <>pervert, <>nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge, <>the fatherless

18 But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

<>thou wast a bondman … and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence, <>wast a bondman, <>the LORD thy God redeemed thee, <>I command thee to do

19 When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.

<>vv. 19-21, <>When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow, <>harvest, <>it shall be for the stranger, <>that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands, <>the work of thine hands

20 When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

<>vv. 19-21, <>beatest, <>olive tree, <>tree

21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

<>vv. 19-21, <>v. 21

22 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

<>justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked

2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.

<>worthy to be beaten, <>beaten … beaten

3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.

<>Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed, <>stripes … stripes, <>lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee

4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.

<>v. 4, <>corn

5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.

<>vv. 5-6, <>If brethren dwell together, <>die, <>wife … wife, <>dead, <>marry … take her to him to wife, <>stranger, <>husband … husband

6 And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.

<>vv. 5-6, <>firstborn, <>is dead, <>Israel

7 And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.

<>vv. 7-10, <>the gate

8 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;

<>vv. 7-10, <>his city

9 Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house.

<>vv. 7-10, <>answer, <>So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house., <>build up his brother's house, <>house

10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.

<>vv. 7-10

11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:

<>vv. 11-12, <>strive

12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.

<>vv. 11-12, <>thou shalt cut off her hand

13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

<>vv. 13-16, <>Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights

14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.

<>vv. 13-16

15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

<>vv. 13-16, <>perfect and just … perfect and just, <>that thy days may be lengthened, <>the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, <>which the LORD thy God giveth

16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.

<>vv. 13-16

17 Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;

<>by the way

18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.

<>thou wast faint and weary, <>faint, <>weary, <>feared not God

19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.

<>when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest, <>the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, <>the LORD thy God giveth thee … an inheritance to possess it, <>the LORD thy God giveth thee … an inheritance, <>thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven

1 And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein;

<>the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, <>which the LORD thy God giveth, <>the LORD thy God giveth thee … an inheritance, <>and possessest it

2 That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there.

<>thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit … of thy land … and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there, <>first of all, <>thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, <>the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there, <>to place his name there

3 And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am come unto the country which the LORD sware unto our fathers for to give us.

<>priest, <>profess, <>this day, <>the country which the LORD sware unto our fathers for to give us, <>the country

4 And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God.

<>out of thine hand, <>the altar of the LORD thy God

5 And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:

<>A Syrian … was my father, <>ready to perish, <>he went down into Egypt, <>mighty

6 And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

<>afflicted us, <>bondage

7 And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:

<>when we cried unto the LORD … the LORD heard

8 And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:

<>the LORD brought us forth … with great terribleness, <>with an outstretched arm

9 And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey.

<>he hath brought us into this place, <>milk and honey, <>honey

10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God:

<>firstfruits

11 And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.

<>thou shalt rejoice, <>every good thing which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, <>house, <>the stranger

12 When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;

<>made an end, <>tithing all the tithes … tithing, <>given it unto … the stranger, <>given it unto … the fatherless, and the widow, <>the fatherless, <>the widow, <>that they may eat … and be filled, <>gates

13 Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:

<>hallowed, <>according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me, <>transgressed thy commandments, <>thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them

14 I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.

<>nor given ought thereof for the dead, <>dead

15 Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

<>habitation, <>Israel, <>the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers

16 This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.

<>This day, <>the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them, <>keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, <>keep, <>and do them

17 Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:

<>his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments

18 And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;

<>vv. 18-19, <>his peculiar people, <>as he hath promised

19 And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.

<>vv. 18-19, <>to make thee high above all nations, <>all nations … he hath made, <>honour, <>that thou mayest be … holy, <>he hath spoken

1 And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.

<>Moses, <>Israel, <>Keep all the commandments, <>Keep, <>this day

2 And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaister them with plaister:

<>the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, <>which the LORD thy God giveth, <>set thee up great stones, <>great stones, <>stones

3 And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee.

<>thou shalt write, <>thou shalt write … all the words of this law, <>the words, <>the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, <>milk and honey, <>honey, <>as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee

4 Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister.

5 And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.

<>thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them

6 Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God:

<>Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones, <>burnt offerings

7 And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the LORD thy God.

<>peace offerings, <>peace, <>rejoice before the LORD thy God

8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.

<>v. 8, <>write upon the stones all the words of this law, <>upon the stones

9 And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the LORD thy God.

<>the priests, <>this day

10 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.

<>do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee, <>do his commandments and his statutes, <>his commandments and his statutes, <>this day

11 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,

<>charged

12 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:

<>mount Gerizim, <>Simeon, <>Levi, <>Judah, <>Issachar, <>Joseph, <>Benjamin

13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

<>Reuben, <>Gad, <>Asher, <>Zebulun, <>Dan, <>Naphtali

14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,

15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

<>Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, <>Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image … the work of the hands of the craftsman, <>any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, <>and putteth it in a secret place, <>answer

16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

<>Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother.

17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.

<>Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark.

18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.

<>Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way., <>the blind, <>out of the way

19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

<>Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment, <>perverteth, <>the stranger, <>fatherless, <>widow

20 Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.

<>Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt., <>wife, <>he uncovereth his father's skirt

21 Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.

<>Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast

22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

<>Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, <>daughter … daughter

23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.

<>Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law.

24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.

<>Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly., <>secretly

25 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

<>Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person.

26 Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.

<>Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them.