Deuteronomy 24

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 24 of 34

1 When a man has taken a wife and married her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found a thing of nakedness in her, and he writes her a bill of divorce and puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house;

2 and if she goes out from his house and goes and becomes another man's wife,

3 and the latter husband hates her, and writes her a bill of divorce, and puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house or if the latter husband who took her to be his wife dies;

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Chapter Summary

Of divorce. 5 A new married man goes not to war. 6, 10 Of pledges. 7 Of manstealers. 8 Of leprosy. 16 Of justice. 19 Of charity.

Key Hebrew Words

כְּרִיתוּת bill of divorce H3748 · TWOT 1048a
עֲבוֹט pledge (for a loan) H5667 · TWOT 1555a
גֵּר sojourner H1616 · TWOT 330a
אַלְמָנָה widow H490 · TWOT 105
יָתוֹם orphan H3490 · TWOT 934a
צְדָקָה righteousness H6666 · TWOT 1879b

People & Context

Miriam

Sister of Moses, recalled as a warning to heed the law of leprosy: remember what Jehovah did to her on the way out of Egypt (v. 9).

Timeline

Law of Divorce and Remarriage

A divorced woman who marries a second husband may never return to her first husband if the second husband divorces her or dies, for this is a disgusting thing before Jehovah.

Deuteronomy 24:1-4
Exemption for Newlyweds

A newly married man is exempt from military service and public duties for one year so he can stay home and bring happiness to his new wife.

Deuteronomy 24:5
Prohibition of Pledging Millstones

It is forbidden to take a lower or upper millstone as a pledge for a loan, because it equates to taking a person's livelihood or life.

Deuteronomy 24:6

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