Divorce and Remarriage
Deuteronomy 24, verse 1. “If a man takes a wife and marries her, and it should be she finds no favor before him, because he found something shameful in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hands, and sends her out of his house, Deuteronomy 24, verse 2. and she departs from his house and marries a different man, Deuteronomy 24, verse 3. and the latter man hates her and writes her a certificate of divorce, and puts it in her hands, and sends her out of his house, or the latter man dies who took her as his wife, Deuteronomy 24, verse 4. then her former husband who divorced her cannot take her back to be his wife after she was defiled; because that is an abomination before the Lord your God; and you shall not defile the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.
Other Laws
Deuteronomy 24, verse 5. “If a man should take 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 bring happiness to his wife whom he took. Deuteronomy 24, verse 6. “No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone in pledge, for he takes one's living in pledge. Deuteronomy 24, verse 7. “If a man should kidnap any of his brethren of the sons of Israel and mistreats him or sells him, then that kidnapper shall die; and you shall put away the evil from among you. Deuteronomy 24, verse 8. “Take heed to yourself in an outbreak of leprosy that you carefully keep and do according to all the law, whatever the priests and Levites may proclaim to you, in the manner I commanded them; so you shall keep and do. Deuteronomy 24, verse 9. Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam on the way when you proceeded out of Egypt. Deuteronomy 24, verse 10. “If you should lend your neighbor anything, you shall not enter his house to get his pledge. Deuteronomy 24, verse 11. You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you lend shall bring the pledge out to you. Deuteronomy 24, verse 12. Now if the man is poor, you shall not keep his pledge overnight. Deuteronomy 24, verse 13. You shall return the pledge to him again when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his own garment and bless you; and it shall be for you an alms before the Lord your God. Deuteronomy 24, verse 14. “You shall not withhold wrongfully the wage of the poor and needy, whether one of your brethren or one of the resident aliens in your cities. Deuteronomy 24, verse 15. Each day you shall pay him his wage and not let the sun go down on it, for he is poor and has set his hope on it; lest he cry out against you to the Lord, and it be sin to you. Deuteronomy 24, verse 16. “Fathers shall not be put to death for their sons, nor shall sons be put to death for their fathers; each shall be put to death for his own sin. Deuteronomy 24, verse 17. “You shall not pervert judgment due the stranger and the fatherless and the widow, nor take a widow's garment as a pledge. Deuteronomy 24, verse 18. But you shall remember you were a servant in Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore, I command you to do this thing. Deuteronomy 24, verse 19. “If you should 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 poor and the resident alien and the fatherless and the widow, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the works of your hands. Deuteronomy 24, verse 20. If you pick olives, you shall not go back to glean what you left behind you; it shall be for the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow; and remember, you were a servant in Egypt; therefore, I command you to do this. Deuteronomy 24, verse 21. Now if you should gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it afterward; it shall be for the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow. Deuteronomy 24, verse 22. So remember, you were a servant in the land of Egypt; therefore, I command you to do this thing.