And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.
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Gill's Exposition
And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her;.... Either some time after marriage:
then thou shalt let her go whither she will; by a bill of divorce, as the Targum of Jonathan, who understands it…
Barnes' Notes
Thou shalt not make merchandise of her - Rather, thou shalt not constrain her: literally “treat her with constraint,” or “treat her as a slave.”
By this law a soldier is allowed to marry his captive if he pleased. For the hardness of their hearts Moses gave them this permission, lest, if they had not had liberty given them to marry such, they…
Cambridge Bible
let her go Lit. dismiss, the term for divorce, the right of which was the husband's alone, but in this case is qualified by the following.
whither she will Lit. according to her desire; therefore…
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