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She leaves his house, goes and becomes another man's wife;

but the second husband dislikes her and writes her a get, gives it to her and sends her away from his house; or the second husband whom she married dies.

In such a case her first husband, who sent her away, may not take her again as his wife, because she is now defiled. It would be detestable to Adonai , and you are not to bring about sin in the land Adonai your God is giving you as your inheritance.

(vi) "If a man has recently married his wife, he is not to be subject to military service; he is to be free of external obligations and left at home for one year to make his new wife happy.

"If a man kidnaps any of his brothers, fellow members of the community of Isra'el, and makes him his slave or sells him, that kidnapper must die; in this way you will put an end to such wickedness among you.

"When you make any kind of loan to your neighbor, you are not to enter his house to take his collateral.

rather, you must restore the pledged item at sunset; then he will go to sleep wearing his garment and bless you. This will be an upright deed of yours before Adonai your God.

You are to pay him his wages the day he earns them, before sunset; for he is poor and looks forward to being paid. Otherwise he will cry out against you to Adonai , and it will be your sin.

"Fathers are not to be executed for the children, nor are children to be executed for the fathers; every person will be executed for his own sin.

"You are not to deprive the foreigner or the orphan of the justice which is his due, and you are not to take a widow's clothing as collateral for a loan.

then, if the wicked one deserves to be flogged, the judge is to have him lie down and be flogged in his presence. The number of strokes is to be proportionate to his offense;

"If brothers live together, and one of them dies childless, his widow is not to marry someone unrelated to him; her husband's brother is to go to her and perform the duty of a brother-in-law by marrying her.

The first child she bears will succeed to the name of his dead brother, so that his name will not be eliminated from Isra'el.

If the man does not wish to marry his brother's widow, then his brother's widow is to go up to the gate, to the leaders, and say, ‘My brother-in-law refuses to raise up for his brother a name in Isra'el; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother for me.'

The leaders of his town are to summon him and speak to him. If, on appearing before them, he continues to say, ‘I don't want to marry her,'

then his brother's widow is to approach him in the presence of the leaders, pull his sandal off his foot, spit in his face and say, ‘This is what is done to the man who refuses to build up his brother's family.'

From that time on, his family is to be known in Isra'el as ‘the family of the man who had his sandal pulled off.'

you are to take the firstfruits of all the crops the ground yields, which you will harvest from your land that Adonai your God is giving you, put them in a basket and go to the place where Adonai your God will choose to have his name live.

You are agreeing today that Adonai is your God and that you will follow his ways; observe his laws, mitzvot and rulings; and do what he says.

In turn Adonai is agreeing today that you are his own unique treasure, as he promised you; that you are to observe all his mitzvot;