신명기 Chapter 24

Translation: ESV

1

When a man takes a wife and marries her, if then she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, and she departs out of his house,

Key Message

The divorce regulation embodies God's care for protecting the weak (women) by permitting but restricting divorce.

▸The divorce regulation is not meant to encourage divorce but is a law to protect women.

The divorce regulation is not meant to encourage divorce but is a law to protect women. By requiring a certificate of divorce, it prevents hasty divorce and guarantees a woman's right to remarry.

Related Verses

He said to them, 'Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.'For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the LORD, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the LORD of hosts.
5

When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free at home one year to be happy with his wife whom he has taken.

Key Message

God values the joy of marriage and protects the time for a new household to be firmly established.

▸The one-year exemption regulation for newlyweds protects the time to establish a new home.

14

You shall not oppress a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the sojourners who are in your land within your towns.

Key Message

Paying wages promptly is justice, and protecting the right to survival of workers is God's will.

▸The law to pay a hired worker's wages on the same day protects the rights of workers.

17

You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, or take a widow's garment in pledge,

Key Message

Protecting the socially vulnerable reflects God's character; oppressing them is opposing God.

▸The law protecting the socially vulnerable—the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow—is the core of Israel's social justice principles.

19

When you 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 sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

Key Message

Intentionally leaving a portion of one's possessions and harvest for the poor is God's desired manner of sharing.

▸The gleaning law is a social safety net that allows the poor to obtain food through their own labor.