Deuteronomy 24:5
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.
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Gill's Exposition
When a man hath taken a new wife,.... A wife he has lately married, new to him, though a widow, as Jarchi observes; but the Targum of Jonathan says a virgin; however this is opposed to his old wife,…
Here is, I. Provision made for the preservation and confirmation of love between new-married people, Deu 24:5. This fitly follows upon the laws concerning divorce, which would be prevented if their…
Deu 24:5 to Deu 25:4. Thirteen Laws of Equity and Humanity
Besides the humane temper common to most of them, and a few cue-words, there are no apparent reasons for their being grouped or for the…
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