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

3Later, her second husband may also not like her any more. So he also gives her a letter to finish the marriage. He sends her away from his house too. Or perhaps her second husband dies. 4If that happens, her first husband must not marry her again. That is because she has had sex with another man. To marry her again would be a sin that the Lord hates. You must not do sins like that in the land that the Lord your God is giving to you as your new home. When a man has just married, do not send him away to fight in the army. Do not make him work at jobs in other places. He should stay at home for one year. Then he can make his new wife very happy. 6When you lend money to people, you may take something from them as a guarantee. But do not take the stones that they use to make grain into flour. Do not take either of the stones. People need both those stones to make food to stay alive. So do not take away their life. 7A man might take hold of another Israelite and make him his slave. He might try to sell him as a slave. Anyone who does that must die. You must remove evil things 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• When a manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• hath takenלָקַחlâqach · to take: marryH3947
• a newחָדָשׁchâdâsh · newH2319
• wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• he shall not go outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• to warצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · armyH6635
• neither shall he be chargedעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• with any businessדָּבָרdâbâr · word: promisedH1697
• he shall be freeנָקִיnâqîy nâqîy' · innocentH5355
• at homeבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• and shall cheer upשָׂמַחώâmach · to rejoiceH8055

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 24:5

• Deuteronomy 20:7Has anyone promised to marry a woman? If he has not married her yet, he may go home too. If not, he may die in the battle. Then another man will marry her.’
• Genesis 2:24Because of this, when a man marries, he leaves his father and his mother. Instead, God joins the man and his wife together. The two people become as one body.
• Matthew 19:4Jesus replied, ‘You surely have read about this in the Bible. At the start, when God created the world, he made people male and female.
• Mark 10:6But at the start, when God made the world, he made people male and female.
• 1 Corinthians 7:10I will say this to people who have married. (This is not my rule. It is a rule that comes from the Lord himself.) A wife must not leave her husband.
• Ephesians 5:28So husbands should love their wives, just as they love their own bodies. A man who loves his wife shows that he loves himself.
• Proverbs 5:18Enjoy sex with your own wife. May the wife that you married when you were young continue to give you joy.
• Ecclesiastes 9:9Love your wife and enjoy your life together with her. God has given you your life. It is a short life and it is difficult to understand everything that happens. God wants you to enjoy these things as you do hard work during your life on the earth.
• 1 Corinthians 7:29My Christian friends, this is what I mean: The time that remains is very short. So men who have wives should live as if they had no wife.

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
• Soldiers

In the dictionaries

• Divorcement
• Former
• Husband
• 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