Deuteronomy 24:5

Deuteronomy 24:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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 cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
• New International Version (NIV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free at home one year to be happy with his wife whom he has taken.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war or be charged with any business; he shall be free at home one year, and bring happiness to his wife whom he has taken.

Context of Deuteronomy 24:5

3and 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, 4then 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. If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married. 6Do not take a pair of millstones or even an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking one’s livelihood as security. 7If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you.

Deuteronomy 24:5 word by word

כִּֽי־יִקַּ֥ח אִישׁ֙ אִשָּׁ֣ה חֲדָשָׁ֔ה לֹ֤א יֵצֵא֙ בַּצָּבָ֔א וְלֹא־יַעֲבֹ֥ר עָלָ֖יו לְכָל־דָּבָ֑ר נָקִ֞י יִהְיֶ֤ה לְבֵיתוֹ֙ שָׁנָ֣ה אֶחָ֔ת וְשִׂמַּ֖ח אֶת־אִשְׁתּ֥וֹ אֲשֶׁר־לָקָֽח׃ סRead the interlinear

• Ifכִּיkîy · forH3588
• a manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• is newlyחָדָשׁchâdâsh · newH2319
• marriedלָקַחlâqach · to take: marryH3947
• marriedאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• he must notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• be sentיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• to warצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · armyH6635
• be pressed intoעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• ·עַל‛al · uponH5921
• anyכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• dutyדָּבָרdâbâr · word: promisedH1697
• For oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• he isהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• freeנָקִיnâqîy nâqîy' · innocentH5355
• to stay at homeבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• and bring joyשָׂמַחώâmach · to rejoiceH8055
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• ·אֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 24:5

• Deuteronomy 20:7Has any man become pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man marry her.”
• Genesis 2:24For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
• Matthew 19:4Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
• Mark 10:6However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
• 1 Corinthians 7:10To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.
• Ephesians 5:28In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
• Proverbs 5:18May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
• Ecclesiastes 9:9Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.
• 1 Corinthians 7:29What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 24:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5When a man hath taken a new wife - Other people made a similar provision for such circumstances. Alexander ordered those of his soldiers who had married that year to spend the winter with their wives, while the army was in winter quarters. See Arrian, lib. i.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-13Verses 5-13 It is of great consequence that love be kept up between husband and wife; that they carefully avoid every thing which might make them strange one to another. Man-stealing was a capital crime, which could not be settled, as other thefts, by restitution. The laws concerning leprosy must be carefully observed. Thus all who feel their consciences under guilt and wrath, must not cover it, or endeavour to shake off their convictions; but by…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war--This law of exemption was founded on good policy and was favorable to matrimony, as it afforded a full opportunity for the affections of the newly married pair being more firmly rooted, and it diminished or removed occasions for the divorces just mentioned.Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 24:5

• Bridegroom
• Husband
• Marriage
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In the dictionaries

• Divorcement
• Former
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• Atonement, Day of
• Business
• Cheer; Cheerfulness
• Criticism
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis
• Leviticus

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings