New English Translation

Deuteronomy 24:5-14 New English Translation (NET)

5. When a man is newly married, he need not go into the army nor be obligated in any way; he must be free to stay at home for a full year and bring joy to the wife he has married.

6. One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security.

7. If a man is found kidnapping a person from among his fellow Israelites, and regards him as mere property and sells him, that kidnapper must die. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

8. Be careful during an outbreak of leprosy to follow precisely all that the Levitical priests instruct you; as I have commanded them, so you should do.

9. Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam along the way after you left Egypt.

10. When you make any kind of loan to your neighbor, you may not go into his house to claim what he is offering as security.

11. You must stand outside and the person to whom you are making the loan will bring out to you what he is offering as security.

12. If the person is poor you may not use what he gives you as security for a covering.

13. You must by all means return to him at sunset the item he gave you as security so that he may sleep in his outer garment and bless you for it; it will be considered a just deed by the Lord your God.

14. You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages.