The. holie. Bible. conteynyng the olde Testament and the newe.

The .xxiiij. Chapter.

1 Deuorcement is permitted. 5 He that is newly maryed, is exempted from warre. 6 Of the pledge. 14 Wages must not be retayned. 16 The good must not be punished for the bad. 17 The care of the straunger, fatherlesse, and wydowe.

[unspec A] 1 WHen a man hath taken a wife and maried her, if she finde no fauour in his eyes, because he hath spyed some vn∣cleannes in her: (a) 1.1 then let hym wryte her a byll of deuorcement, and put it in her hande, and sende her out of his house:

2 And when she is departed out of his house, let her go and be another mans wyfe.

3 And if the seconde husbande hate her, let him write her also a letter of deuorce∣ment, and put it in her hande, and sende her out of his house: Or if the seconde man dye whiche toke her to wyfe,

4 Her first man whiche sent her away, may not take her agayne to be his wyfe after that she is defiled: For that is ab∣homination in the sight of the Lorde, and (b) 1.2 thou shalt not cause the lande to sinne, whiche the Lorde thy God shall geue thee to inherite.

5 * 1.3When a man taketh a newe wyfe, he shall not go a warfare, neither shalbe charged with any businesse: but shalbe free at home one yere, and reioyce with his wyfe whiche he hath taken.

6 * 1.4No man shall take the (c) 1.5 neather or the vpper mylstone to pledge: for then he shall hurt a mans life.

7 * 1.6If any man be founde stealing any of his brethren the chyldren of Israel, and abuseth hym, or selleth hym: the thiefe shall dye, and thou shalt put euill away from the middest of thee.

8 Take heede to thy selfe as concerning [unspec B] the plague of leprosie, that thou obserue diligently, and ye shall do according to all that the priestes the Leuites shall teache you: euen as I commaunded them, so ye shall obserue to do.

9 Remember what the Lorde thy God dyd vnto * 1.7 Miriam by the way, after that ye were come out of Egypt.

10 When thou doest lend thy brother any thing, thou (d) 1.8 shalt not go into his house to fetche a pledge from thence:

11 But shalt stande without, and the man that borowed it of thee, shall bring the pledge out of the doores vnto thee.

12 Furthermore, if it be a poore body, thou shalt not sleepe with his pledge:

13 But deliuer hym the pledge agayne when the sunne goeth downe, that he may sleepe in his owne raiment, & blesse thee: And it shalbe (e) 1.9 righteousnes vnto thee before the Lorde thy Lorde.

14 Thou shalt not oppresse an hyred (f) 1.10 ser∣uaunt that is needie and poore, whether he be of thy brethrē, or of the straungers that are in thy lande within thy gates: [unspec C]

15 * 1.11But shalt geue him his hyre the same day, & let not the sunne go downe ther∣on, for he is needie, and therwith sustay∣neth his life: lest he crye against thee vn∣to the Lorde, and it be sinne vnto thee.

16 * 1.12The fathers shall not be put to death for the chyldren, nor the chyldren for the fathers: but euery man shalbe put to death for his owne sinne.

17 Thou shalt not peruert the ryght of the straūger, * 1.13 nor of the fatherlesse, nor take a wydowes rayment to pledge:

18 But remember that thou wast a ser∣uaunt in Egypt, and howe the Lorde thy God deliuered thee thence: And therfore I commaunde thee to do this thyng.

19 * 1.14When thou cuttest downe thyne har∣uest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheafe in the fielde, thou shalt not go agayne to fet it: But it shalbe for the straunger, the fatherlesse, and the wydowe: that the Lorde thy God may blesse thee in all the workes of thyne hande.

20 When thou beatest downe thine oliue tree, “ 1.15 thou shalt not search y^e boughes agayne, to gather vp that thou leftest behinde thee: but it shalbe for the straū∣ger, the fatherlesse, and the wydowe.

21 When thou gatherest the grapes of “ 1.16 thy vineyarde, thou shalt not gather the grapes cleane after thee: but leaue them for the straunger, the fatherlesse, and the wydowe.

22 And remember that thou also wast a seruaunt in the lande of Egypt: & ther∣fore I cōmaunde thee to do this thing.

Notes

• (a) 1.1

  This was suffred, only for preuenting a further mis∣chiefe. Math. x.v.
• (b) 1.2

  Thou shalt not defyle the lande by thy synne.
• * 1.3

  Deu. xxv. b
• * 1.4

  Exo. xxii. d.
• (c) 1.5

  Vnder these he com∣prehendeth all instrumentes and tooles with y^e whiche a man getteth his lyuyng.
• * 1.6

  Exo. xxi. b.
• * 1.7

  Num. xii. a.
• (d) 1.8

  As though thou wouldest choose thy pledge: but shalt accept that whiche he can conuenient¦ly spare.
• (e) 1.9

  Though thy detter should be vn∣kynd, yet god wyll recom∣pence thee.
• (f) 1.10

  Thou shalt not withhold•• his wages frō hym.
• * 1.11

  Leui. xix. c.
• * 1.12

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 xxx. ••. 4 〈◊〉〈◊〉 xv•• b 〈◊〉〈◊〉 xviii. c.
• * 1.13

  God most ••reth for these people, for that they were least re∣garded.
• * 1.14

  Leu. xix b.
• “ 1.15

  Or, gathe∣rest thyne oliues.
• “ 1.16

  Or, grapes of the wyne.