Deuteronomy 24:5-7

English Standard Version

Miscellaneous Laws

^5 (A)“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 ^(B)to be happy with his wife^[a] whom he has taken.

⁶ “No one shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge, for that would be taking a life in pledge.

^7 (C)“If a man is found stealing one of his brothers of the people of Israel, and if he ^(D)treats him as a slave or sells him, then that thief shall die. ^(E)So you shall purge the evil from your midst.