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And when thou takest a wife, thou shalt take such a one as thou lovest, and who loveth thee, and whom thou mayest lawfullya marry:
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And thou shalt go before the Priest, or the Chief Eldera where thou dwellest and by him shall ye be joined in marriage, that she may be thine.
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And they who joineth you in marriage, shall unite her unto thee by a bond; and thou shall love her, and cherish her, and protect her; and she should love thee, and nourish thee, and honor thee.
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¶ But when a man hath taken a wife and married her and it come to pass that she find no favor in his eyes because he hath found some uncleanness in her, then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
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And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be the wife of another man.
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And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house, or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife,
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Her former husband, he who did send her away, may not take her again to be his wife that thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which YHVH, thy Elohim, giveth thee for an inheritance.
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¶ When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war; neither shall he be charged with any business; but he shall be free at home one year and shall be of cheer unto his wife which he hath taken.
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¶ No man shall take the pledgea of the lower or the upper millstone; for he taketh to pledge the lifeb of Adamc.
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¶ If a man be found stealinga any of the childrenb in Israel and maketh merchandisec of them or selleth them, then that thief shall be put to death; thou shalt put evil away from among you.
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¶ Take heed in the plague of tzara’ata, that thou observe diligently and do according to all that the Priests, the Levites, shall teach you; as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.
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Remember what YHVH, thy Elohim, did unto Miriama by the way after that ye were come forth out of Egypt.
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¶ And if thou should adopt a child to be thine own, and to be heir to thee, thou shalt take them whom thou lovest, and whom thou mayest lawfully take; and thou shalt go before the Elders where thou dwellest, and thou shalt take the child, and clasp them in thine arms, and shalt protesta that thou lovest them as thine own flesh;
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And the High Priest shall seala them unto you in the name of YHVH, and shall wash them, and consecrateb them as thy flesh.
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And after this, the Elder or the Priest shall bless you, and bless those in thy house; and the child shall be yours forever.
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YHVH shall give you to be a father unto them, and unto thee and thy spouse to honor thee, their parents.
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¶ And if brethren dwell together and one of them die and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger; the brother of her husband shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the dutya of a husband's brother unto her.
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And it shall be that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.
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And if the man does not wish to take the wife of his brother, then let the wife of his brother go up to the gate unto the Elders and say: The brother of my husband refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.
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Then the Elders of that city shall call him and speak unto him; and if he stand to it and say: I will not marry her,
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Then the wife of his brother shall come unto him in the presence of the Elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say: So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house.
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And his name shall be called in Israel: The house of chalutz han-Na’ala.
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¶ Thou shalt be fruitful and multiply and replenish the land which YHVH, thy Elohim, shall give thee, and subdue it, lest it be waste and desolate, and thy name be lost in the generations to come:
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But all thy children shall be of thy wives; thou shalt not go after strange women, for so should the land be corrupt under thy feet; an abhorring to the righteous; and thy children be scattered abroad;
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And in the mixing of thy seed there should be barrenness and desolation; the corruption of the flesh, and diseasea and anguishb.
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¶ Thou shalt not marry thy mother, nor thy daughter, in any line, unto all generations.
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Thou shalt not marry thy sister, nor the daughter of thy sister or thy brother, or the sister of thy father or thy mother.
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Thou shalt not marry a woman and her daughter, and this unto all generations.
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¶ Thou shalt not marry a woman in her childhooda; nor anyone that has abandoned the Covenant, nor one possessedb of evil spirits, nor anyone not of sound mind;
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Nor anyone thou lovest not, or who loveth thee not; not by cunning nor by force, but in affection, one to the other.
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¶ Thou shalt not take unto thyself a multitude of wives disproportionate to thy inheritance, and thy substance;
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Nor shalt thou take wives to vex those thou hast; neither shalt thou put awaya one to take another.
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¶ Thou shalt not put away thy husband or thy wife but for adultery; the adulterer and the adulteress that shall not repent is corrupt, for these have been given over to the corruptions of their flesha, that her belly may swell and her thigh rot, and he be found dead in his tent;
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And that these be a warning and a proverb: If these should repent in dust and ashes for a long time, they may be forgiven; yet if the bill of divorcement hath been given, then is she not thy wife;
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If ye would be one flesh, thou shalt marry again.
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¶ Thou shalt not lie with the wife of thy neighbor; for it is loathsome;
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Neither shalt thou take her to wife; she cannot be thine; and if he stone thee to death, no man shall hinder: thou shalt not be avenged; what he doeth, he shall do speedily in his passion against thee.
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¶ Thou shalt offer up thy daughter in marriage while she is yet young; and if thou give her not till she hath been in her prime, she may give herself in marriage; thou hath been found neglectful, and shalt not prevent her.
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Likewise, thou shalt take a wife to thy son while he is yet young; yet not in his infantile impotence;
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And thou shalt take for him one that he loveth, and who loveth him; if thou doest it not, when he hath been grown seven years he may take one to himself and thou shalt not prevent him.
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Shouldest thou covenant to marry a woman, be she young or old, thou shalt not break thy covenant; thou shalt not draw back from thy promise;
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¶ And if thou lie with a woman, and she conceive seed of thee, thou shall love her, and shall take her to wife; thou shalt not bring her shame upon her;
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And if thou should abandon her, and her brethren shall stone thee, and none shall deliver thee; and yet thou shalt be judged for thy faithlessness;
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And if she be thy servant, or the daughter of thy servant, and her brethren fear thee, the hand of the Elders shall be against thee; thou shalt not corrupt the poor, nor bring shame upon them.