Deuteronômio 24:1-27:26 NVT

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 24:1-4

In this and the next chapter certain particular rights and duties, domestic, social, and civil, are treated. The cases brought forward have often no definite connection, and seem selected in order to illustrate the application of the great principles of the Law in certain important events and circumstances.These four verses contain only one sentence, and should be rendered thus: If a man hath taken a wife, etc., and given her a bill of divorcement and Deuteronomy 24:2 if she has departed out of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 24:1

Deuteronomy 24:1. Some uncleanness Some hateful thing, some distemper of body, or quality of mind, not observed before marriage: or some light carriage, as this phrase commonly signifies, but not amounting to adultery. Let him write This is not a command, as some of the Jews understood it, nor an allowance and approbation, but merely a permission of that practice for prevention of greater mischiefs, and this only until the time of reformation, till the coming of the Messiah, when things... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 24:1-22

Protection for the disadvantaged (24:1-25:4)Various laws guaranteed protection for defenceless people who might otherwise be exploited. A woman who had been divorced was free from interference by her previous husband. He had to respect the decency of marriage, and had no right to send her away then take her back as he pleased (24:1-4; cf. Matthew 5:32; Matthew 19:3-9). A newly married man could not be forced into the army till at least one year after marriage (5; cf. 20:7). A poor person who... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 24:1

man. Hebrew ' ish . App-14 . Compare Matthew 5:31 ; Matthew 19:7 , Matthew 19:8 . write. See note on Exodus 17:14 and App-47 . Compare Matthew 5:31 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Deuteronomy 24:1

Kline's analysis of this chapter is thus:(1) Laws of Family (Deuteronomy 24:1-5)(2) Laws of Life (Deuteronomy 24:6-15)(3) Laws of Justice (Deuteronomy 24:16-18)(4) Laws of Charity (Deuteronomy 24:19-22).[1]A number of these have already been studied earlier in the Pentateuch, the repetition of them here being recalled, apparently at random, by Moses in one of his great farewell addresses. This entire third division of Deuteronomy extending through Deuteronomy 26:19 is nearing the end, the whole... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 24:1

Ver. 1. When a man hath taken a wife— The Hebrew nation having been accustomed to the liberty of putting away their wives from motives of dislike and aversion, and Moses being sensible that their hardness of heart, and severity of temper, would, upon an absolute restraint from such liberty, produce greater inconveniences and distractions in families; he now enacted, that when any husband laboured under an absolute dislike to his wife, either upon account of any bodily disease, or of her... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 24:1

1-4. When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes—It appears that the practice of divorces was at this early period very prevalent amongst the Israelites, who had in all probability become familiar with it in Egypt [LANE]. The usage, being too deep-rooted to be soon or easily abolished, was tolerated by Moses (Matthew 19:8). But it was accompanied under the law with two conditions, which were calculated greatly to prevent the evils... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 24:1-5

Marital duties and rights 24:1-5A discussion of divorce and remarriage fits into this context because both practices involve respect for the rights of others. The first of the two situations Moses dealt with in this section concerns a married, divorced, and remarried woman (Deuteronomy 24:1-4)."In modern society, marriage and divorce are not only regulated by law, but are invalid unless conducted or decreed by accredited officials in accredited places (churches and register offices, or... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 24:1-22

Laws regarding Divorce, Pledges, Man-stealing, Leprosy, Justice, and Gleaning1-4. The Law of Divorce. The right of the husband to divorce his wife is here acknowledged but is guarded against abuse. There must be some good reason for the separation; it must be done in a legal and formal manner: and it is final. If the. woman is divorced a second time, or becomes a widow after remarriage, she is not free to marry her first husband.1. Some uncleanness] RV ’some unseemly thing.’ The Heb. is... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 24:1-4

XXIV.Deuteronomy 24:1-4. DIVORCE.Some uncleanness.—Evidently mere caprice and dislike are not intended here. There must be some real ground of complaint. (See Margin.)Let him write her a bill of divorcement.—“Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to put away your wives,” is the Divine comment upon this. It is a distinct concession to the weakness of Israel—not the ideal standard of the Law, but the highest which it was found practicable to enforce. (See Matthew 19:2 seq.)... read more