Deuteronomy 24:2

Deuteronomy 24:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s wife.
• New International Version (NIV)and if after she leaves his house she becomes the wife of another man,
• English Standard Version (ESV)and if she goes and becomes another man's wife,
• New Living Translation (NLT)When she leaves his house, she is free to marry another man.

Context of Deuteronomy 24:2

1“When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some uncleanness in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house, when she has departed from his house, and goes and becomes another man’s wife, 3if the latter husband detests her and writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband dies who took her as his wife, 4then her former husband who divorced her must not take her back to be his wife after she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before the Lord, and you shall not bring sin on the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

Deuteronomy 24:2 word by word

וְיָצְאָ֖ה מִבֵּית֑וֹ וְהָלְכָ֖ה וְהָיְתָ֥ה לְאִישׁ־אַחֵֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And when she is departed outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• of his houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• she may goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: continueH1980
• and be anotherאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312
• man’sאִישׁ'îysh · manH376

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 24:2

• Leviticus 21:7They shall not take a wife who is a harlot or a defiled woman, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for the priest is holy to his God.
• Leviticus 22:13But if the priest’s daughter is a widow or divorced, and has no child, and has returned to her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat her father’s food; but no outsider shall eat it.
• Numbers 30:9“Also any vow of a widow or a divorced woman, by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her.
• Ezekiel 44:22They shall not take as wife a widow or a divorced woman, but take virgins of the descendants of the house of Israel, or widows of priests.
• Matthew 5:32But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.
• Mark 10:11So He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.
• 1 Corinthians 7:15But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God has called us to peace.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 24:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-4Verses 1-4 In this and the next chapter certain particular rights and duties, domestic, social, and civil, are treated. The cases brought forward have often no definite connection, and seem selected in order to illustrate the application of the great principles of the Law in certain important events and circumstances. These four verses contain only one sentence, and should be rendered thus: If a man hath taken a wife, etc., and given her a bill of…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-221-4. When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes--It appears that the practice of divorces was at this early period very prevalent amongst the Israelites, who had in all probability become familiar with it in Egypt [Lane]. The usage, being too deep-rooted to be soon or easily abolished, was tolerated by Moses (Mt 19:8). But it was accompanied under the law with two conditions, which were…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 24:2

• Divorce
• Marriage

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• Divorce
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• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Divorce in the New Testament
• Divorce in the Old Testament
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis
• Law in the Old Testament

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