Deuteronomy 24:5
in Deuteronomy 24If 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go out in the host, neither shall he be charged with any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he hath taken.
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.
⋯
This verse in Deuteronomy 24
Commentary
5 notes on this verseWhen 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.
This site's exposition
When a man hath taken a new wife
on Deuteronomy 24:5-9
The exemptions at 20:5-7 sent home the man who had betrothed a wife and not taken her, and verse 5 adds a full year at home for the man who has. Verses 6 and 7 both price a man's life: the hand mill may not be taken in pledge because he taketh a man's life to pledge, and stealing a man is capital where stealing goods was not, which Exodus 21:16 had already said. The leprosy law itself is not repeated here, only the order to do what the priests teach, and the memory set beside it is Miriam at Numbers 12:10-15. Remember falls fourteen times in this book and three of them stand in this chapter, at verses 9, 18 and 22.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
When a man hath taken a new wife,....
It is of great consequence that love be kept up between husband and wife, and that every thing be very carefully avoided which might make them strange one to another, especially at first; for in that relation, where there is not the love that should be, there is an inlet ready to abundance of guilt and grief.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
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.
The words behind it
23 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | if | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| יִקַּ֥ח | yikach | he will take | H3947 → | 966 times |
| אִישׁ֙ | ʾish | man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| אִשָּׁ֣ה | ʾishah | a wife | H802 → | 781 times |
| חֲדָשָׁ֔ה | chadashah | new | H2319 → | 53 times |
| לֹ֤א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יֵצֵא֙ | yetze' | he will go out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| בַּצָּבָ֔א | batzava' | with the army | H6635 → | 485 times |
| וְלֹא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יַעֲבֹ֥ר | yaavor | it will pass | H5674 → | 556 times |
| עָלָ֖יו | ʾalav | on him | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| לְכָל־ | lekhol | to any | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| דָּבָ֑ר | davar | thing | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| נָקִ֞י | naki | free | H5355 → | 43 times |
| יִהְיֶ֤ה | yihyeh | he will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לְבֵיתוֹ֙ | leveito | to house his | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| שָׁנָ֣ה | shanah | a year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| אֶחָ֔ת | ʾechat | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| וְשִׂמַּ֖ח | vesimach | and he will cause to rejoice | H8055 → | 155 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אִשְׁתּ֥וֹ | ʾishto | wife his | H802 → | 781 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | whom | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לָקָֽח׃ ס | lakach | he has taken | H3947 → | 966 times |
כִּֽי־if
ki-H3588 →4482 times
יִקַּ֥חhe will take
yikachH3947 →966 times
אִישׁ֙man
ʾishH376 →1663 times
אִשָּׁ֣הa wife
ʾishahH802 →781 times
חֲדָשָׁ֔הnew
chadashahH2319 →53 times
לֹ֤אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יֵצֵא֙he will go out
yetze'H3318 →1067 times
בַּצָּבָ֔אwith the army
batzava'H6635 →485 times
וְלֹא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
יַעֲבֹ֥רit will pass
yaavorH5674 →556 times
עָלָ֖יוon him
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
לְכָל־to any
lekholH3605 →5413 times
דָּבָ֑רthing
davarH1697 →1440 times
נָקִ֞יfree
nakiH5355 →43 times
יִהְיֶ֤הhe will be
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
לְבֵיתוֹ֙to house his
leveitoH1004 →2046 times
שָׁנָ֣הa year
shanahH8141 →877 times
אֶחָ֔תone
ʾechatH259 →971 times
וְשִׂמַּ֖חand he will cause to rejoice
vesimachH8055 →155 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אִשְׁתּ֥וֹwife his
ʾishtoH802 →781 times
אֲשֶׁר־whom
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
לָקָֽח׃ סhe has taken
lakachH3947 →966 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
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.
it leads to
- Matthew 19:3–9
Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
- Ephesians 5:28–31
In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
- Mark 10:6–12
However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
- Romans 7:2
For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
- 1 Peter 3:1–7
Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives
- Matthew 19:3–9
Through
Proverbs 5:18May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
it leads to
- Ecclesiastes 9:9
Enjoy 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…
- Malachi 2:14–15
Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your…
- Song of Solomon 4:15
You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.
- Ecclesiastes 9:9
Where this verse is studied
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.