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 King James Version (NKJV)when she has departed from his house, and goes and becomes another man’s wife,

Context of Deuteronomy 24:2

1“Suppose a man takes a wife and marries her. Now if she doesn’t find favor in his eyes because he has found something indecent in her, he is to write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her and send her out from his house. When she leaves his house, she may go and become another man’s wife. 3Now suppose the second husband dislikes her and writes her a certificate of divorce, and he hands it to her and she leaves his house—or suppose the second husband who took her to be his wife dies. 4Then her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after she has been defiled—for that would be detestable before Adonai. You are not to bring guilt on the land that Adonai 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 are not to marry women who are defiled as prostitutes, or profane. Neither shall they marry women divorced from their husbands, for a kohen is holy to his God.
• Leviticus 22:13But if a kohen’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 from her father’s food. But no layman may eat any of it.
• Numbers 30:9“Any vow or obligation of a widow or a divorced woman will be binding on her.
• Ezekiel 44:22None may take a widow or a divorced woman as his wife, for they must take virgins of the offspring of the house of Israel or a widow who is the widow of a kohen.
• Matthew 5:32But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
• Mark 10:11And He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.
• 1 Corinthians 7:15But if the unbeliever separates, let him be separated. The brother or the sister is not bound in such cases, but God has called you to shalom.

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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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