Deuteronomy 24:5-7

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Miscellaneous Laws

⁵ “When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be charged with any business; he shall be free at home one year, to be happy with his wife whom he has taken.

⁶ “No man shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge; for he would be taking a life in pledge.

⁷ “If a man is found stealing one of his brethren, the people of Israel, and if he treats him as a slave or sells him, then that thief shall die; so you shall purge the evil from the midst of you.