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

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. “When a man takes a new wife, he is not to go out with the army or have any duty passed over to him. He is to be free at home for one year and make his wife happy. 6“No one is to take a pair of millstones or the upper one as collateral, for this would be taking a livelihood as collateral. 7“If a man is caught kidnapping any of his brothers from Bnei-Yisrael, whether he treats him like property or sells him, then that kidnapper must die. So you are to purge the evil from your midst.

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 20:7What man has become engaged to a woman but has not married her? Let him go back to his house—otherwise he might die in the battle and another man would marry her.’
• Genesis 2:24This is why a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife; and they become one flesh.
• Matthew 19:4“Haven’t you read?” He answered. “He who created them from the beginning ‘made them male and female’
• Mark 10:6But from the beginning of creation, God ‘made them male and female.
• 1 Corinthians 7:10But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—a wife is not to be separated from her husband
• Ephesians 5:28In the same way, husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
• Proverbs 5:18May your fountain be blessed and may you delight in the wife of your youth.
• Ecclesiastes 9:9Live joyously with the wife whom you love all the days of your fleeting life that He has given you under the sun during all your fleeting days—for this is your portion in life and in your toil that you labor under the sun.
• 1 Corinthians 7:29But this I say, brothers and sisters—the time is short. From now on those who have wives should be as though 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
• 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