Deuteronomy 24:7

And if any one should have recently taken a wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall any thing be laid upon him; he shall be + 24:7 Lit. guiltless. free in his house; for one year he shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.

In Context

6the former husband who sent her away shall not be able to return and take her to himself for a wife, after she has been defiled; because it is an abomination before the Lord your God, and you⌃ shall not defile the land, which the Lord your God gives you to inherit.

8You shall not take for a pledge the under millstone, nor the upper millstone; for + 24:8 Gr. this man. he who does so takes life for a pledge.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:1And if one steal + 22:1 Gr. a calf. an ox or a sheep, and kill it or sell it, he shall pay five calves for a calf, and four sheep for a sheep.

Deuteronomy 17:7And the hand of the witnesses shall be upon him among the first to put him to death, and the hand of the people at the last; so shall you remove the evil one from among yourselves.

Job 24:3They have led away, the ass of the fatherless, and taken the widow's ox for a pledge.

Ezekiel 27:13Greece, both the whole world, and the adjacent coasts, these traded with you in the persons of men, and they gave as your merchandise vessels of brass.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 24:6-14

The Law of Divorce. ( b. c. 1451.) 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. 6 No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge. 7 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away… Read the whole commentary →

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