📖 Deuteronomy — Chapter 24 (KJV)
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Deuteronomy 24:1 When a man Rhath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found Tsome uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of Tdivorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
Deuteronomy 24:2 And when she is departed out of his house, Rshe may go and be another man’s wife.
Deuteronomy 24:3 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;
Deuteronomy 24:4 RHer 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.
Deuteronomy 24:5 When Ra man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, Tneither 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.
Deuteronomy 24:6 No man Rshall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.
Deuteronomy 24:7 If a man be Rfound 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.
Deuteronomy 24:8 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.
Deuteronomy 24:9 RRemember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 24:10 RWhen thou dost Tlend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
Deuteronomy 24:11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.
Deuteronomy 24:12 RAnd if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
Deuteronomy 24:13 In any case thou shalt Rdeliver 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.
Deuteronomy 24:14 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:
Deuteronomy 24:15 RAt his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and Tsetteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
Deuteronomy 24:16 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.
Deuteronomy 24:17 Thou shalt not Rpervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
Deuteronomy 24:18 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.
Deuteronomy 24:19 RWhen 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.
Deuteronomy 24:20 When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not Tgo over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
Deuteronomy 24:21 When thou Rgatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it Tafterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
Deuteronomy 24:22 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Deuteronomy 24:1–9 — Household changes and limits on taking pledges
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The chapter restricts remarriage in the described divorce case, grants a new husband a year at home, and protects essential household equipment from seizure as a pledge.
Key Truth: A creditor's claim is limited by the neighbor's basic needs.
Check What You Remember
1. How long was a newly married man free to remain at home? (Deuteronomy 24:5)
Find it in Deuteronomy 24:5 (KJV).
2. What essential equipment could not be taken as a pledge? (Deuteronomy 24:6)
Find it in Deuteronomy 24:6 (KJV).
3. Whose experience of leprosy was Israel told to remember? (Deuteronomy 24:9)
Find it in Deuteronomy 24:9 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Deuteronomy 24:10–16 — Respect for borrowers and workers
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
A lender must wait outside the borrower's house and return a poor person's garment. Hired workers must be paid promptly, and guilt is not transferred between parent and child.
Key Truth: Need and poverty do not remove a neighbor's dignity.
Check What You Remember
1. Where was a lender to wait for a pledge? (Deuteronomy 24:11)
Find it in Deuteronomy 24:11 (KJV).
2. When was a poor person's pledge to be restored? (Deuteronomy 24:13)
Find it in Deuteronomy 24:13 (KJV).
3. When should a hired servant receive wages? (Deuteronomy 24:15)
Find it in Deuteronomy 24:15 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Deuteronomy 24:17–22 — Justice and gleaning
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The stranger, fatherless, and widow must receive just treatment and access to what remains from harvest. Israel's memory of slavery supplies a reason for these commands.
Key Truth: Remembering deliverance should encourage justice and generosity.
Check What You Remember
1. Whose garment could not be taken as a pledge? (Deuteronomy 24:17)
Find it in Deuteronomy 24:17 (KJV).
2. Should a forgotten sheaf be retrieved from the field? (Deuteronomy 24:19)
Find it in Deuteronomy 24:19 (KJV).
3. For which three groups were gleanings left? (Deuteronomy 24:19)
Find it in Deuteronomy 24:19 (KJV).
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. What purpose accompanies the new husband’s year free from public duties?
2. Why are millstones forbidden as a pledge?
3. How do the pledge rules protect the borrower’s home and overnight need?
4. Why must a poor worker receive wages before sunset?
5. Who benefits from the forgotten sheaf and remaining olives and grapes?
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