Deuteronomy 24:5-7 - If a man has recently married

24:5

This verse can be read alongside Deut 20:7. Marriage was seen as foundational to a properly functioning society, and for the production and bringing up of children. Hence the one year exemption from a new husband going to war. A society that devalues marriage will suffer the consequences, as many Western societies are doing.

24:6,7

Millstones were essential for producing bread, and there were two stones. Someone must not take one, or both, of these as security for a debt. I.e. a man was not to be deprived of his livelihood, and therefore his ability to pay off the debt.

Kidnapping was a capital offence. Joseph’s brothers were, of course, guilty of selling Joseph as a slave. People trafficking is condemned in the Bible.