Deuteronomy 24:5

When a man has 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 bring happiness to his wife whom he has taken.

Verse 4 Read Chapter 24 Verse 6

George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Wife. This indulgence was granted to those who had married a widow also. Hebrew, "a new wife "as she was new to him, (Haydock) which right he could not claim, if he only resumed the one whom he had divorced. (R. Salom.; Drusius) See chap. xx. 7.

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