Quotes about Law
If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.
— Deuteronomy 24:1
If, after leaving his house, she goes and becomes another man’s wife,
— Deuteronomy 24:2
and the second man hates her, writes her a certificate of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house, or if he dies,
— Deuteronomy 24:3
then the husband who divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
— Deuteronomy 24:4
If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.
— Deuteronomy 25:1
If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants.
— Deuteronomy 25:2
He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.
— Deuteronomy 25:3
If two men are fighting, and the wife of one steps in to rescue her husband from the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals,
— Deuteronomy 25:11
you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity.
— Deuteronomy 25:12
The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these statutes and ordinances. You must be careful to follow them with all your heart and with all your soul.
— Deuteronomy 26:16
Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.
— Deuteronomy 27:3
And you shall write distinctly upon these stones all the words of this law.”
— Deuteronomy 27:8