旧约 - 申命记(Deuteronomy)第24章

If a man marries a woman who becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent about her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house,
and if after she leaves his house she becomes the wife of another man,
and her second husband dislikes her and writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, or if he dies,
then her first husband, who divorced her, is not allowed to marry her again after she has been defiled. That would be detestable in the eyes of the LORD. Do not bring sin upon the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
If a man has recently married, he must not be sent to war or have any other duty laid on him. For one year he is to be free to stay at home and bring happiness to the wife he has married.
Do not take a pair of millstones--not even the upper one--as security for a debt, because that would be taking a man's livelihood as security.
If a man is caught kidnapping one of his brother Israelites and treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. You must purge the evil from among you.
In cases of leprous diseases be very careful to do exactly as the priests, who are Levites, instruct you. You must follow carefully what I have commanded them.
Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam along the way after you came out of Egypt.
When you make a loan of any kind to your neighbor, do not go into his house to get what he is offering as a pledge.
Stay outside and let the man to whom you are making the loan bring the pledge out to you.
If the man is poor, do not go to sleep with his pledge in your possession.
Return his cloak to him by sunset so that he may sleep in it. Then he will thank you, and it will be regarded as a righteous act in the sight of the LORD your God.
Do not take advantage of a hired man who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother Israelite or an alien living in one of your towns.
Pay him his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and is counting on it. Otherwise he may cry to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.
Do not deprive the alien or the fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge.
Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the LORD your God redeemed you from there. That is why I command you to do this.
When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the alien, the fatherless and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
When you beat the olives from your trees, do not go over the branches a second time. Leave what remains for the alien, the fatherless and the widow.
When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, do not go over the vines again. Leave what remains for the alien, the fatherless and the widow.
Remember that you were slaves in Egypt. That is why I command you to do this.
申命记第廿四章   第 24 章 

  申 24:1-4> 不喜欢了就休妻?是这意思吗? 

  24:1-4 有人以为这一段经文赞成离婚,但实际上并不是这样。它只是承认在以色列人之中已有的习俗。我们对这四节经文,必须按照它的目的来理解;它绝不是劝人随心所欲地休妻。离婚乃是夫妇二人永远结束夫妻关系。人一旦仳离,与别人再婚以后,绝不可以与离婚的一方破镜重圆( 24:4 )。这种规定,防止为微不足道的事而拆散婚姻,以后又随随便便地复合。它的目的是叫人在离异以前,要三思而后行。 

  24:5 新婚的夫妇在头一年要形影不离地在一起。不要将不必要的重担加在他们身上,以使他们在享受新婚之乐时有机会建立关系,达致成熟坚强,以负起众多的责任。园丁在小盆子里开始培植秧苗,让它生根,然后才把它分种到田间。所以人在结婚之初,不要有太多的外间压力与分心的事,以保护婚姻关系,使之坚强。不要对新婚者指望太多,或要求太多,因为他们需要充分的时间与精力,来建立牢固的婚姻。 

  申 24:10-22> 我对穷困的人,是报以同情、怜悯?还是冷淡、不屑?甚至讨厌? 

  24:10-22 神在全部旧约之中,都吩咐子民要公平地对待穷人。人常常把穷困的人看为懒惰或没有工作能力,但实际上他们可能是受欺压、被剥削的人,又或是环境使然。神叫我们尽可能帮助贫困者。神的公平不容许人向不幸者取利,或者要他们急速归还贷款。相反地,祂的律法给穷人一切的机会去改善生活,又给无力之人提供仁慈的选择。没有人能与穷人完全隔绝,神要我们公平地对待穷人,尽自己本分来帮助他们。 

  申 24:19-21> 设身处地为穷人着想,这种爱能从我身上流露出去吗? 

  24:19-21 神吩咐祂的子民要留些庄稼在田里,不要割尽,好让寄居的与孤儿寡妇拾取。这称为拾麦穗,算是第二次收割,可使拾穗之人得到食物。神订出这律法多年以后,路得在波阿斯田里,跟在收割庄稼之人的后面拾取剩下的麦穗,使她自己与婆婆拿俄米有粮食可吃(参得 2:2 )。波阿斯在多年以后遵行了这个条例,使路得能获取食物。路得是主基督家系中的妇女。──《灵修版圣经注释》