Deuteronomy 24:1-26:19 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 24:1-4

This is that permission which the Pharisees erroneously referred to as a precept, Matt. 19:7; Moses commanded to give a writing of divorcement. It was not so; our Saviour told them that he only suffered it because of the hardness of their hearts, lest, if they had not had liberty to divorce their wives, they should have ruled them with rigour, and it may be, have been the death of them. It is probable that divorces were in use before (they are taken for granted, Lev. 21:14), and Moses thought... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 24:1

When a man hath taken a wife and married her ,.... That is, when a man has made choice of a woman for his wife, and has obtained her consent, and the consent of her parents; and has not only betrothed her, but taken her home, and consummated the marriage: and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes ; is not agreeable to him, he takes no delight in her person, nor pleasure in her company and conversation; but, on the contrary, his affections are alienated from her, and he... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 24:1

Some uncleanness - Any cause of dislike, for this great latitude of meaning the fact itself authorizes us to adopt, for it is certain that a Jew might put away his wife for any cause that seemed good to himself; and so hard were their hearts, that Moses suffered this; and we find they continued this practice even to the time of our Lord, who strongly reprehended them on the account, and showed that such license was wholly inconsistent with the original design of marriage; see Matthew 5:31 ... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 1 Although what relates to divorce was granted in indulgence to the Jews, yet Christ pronounces that it was never in accordance with the Law, because it is directly repugnant to the first institution of God, from whence a perpetual and inviolable rule is to be sought. It is proverbially said that the laws of nature are indissoluble; and God has declared once for all, that the bond of union between husband and wife is closer than that of parent and child; wherefore, if a son cannot shake... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 24:1

Because he hath found some uncleanness in her; literally, a thing or matter of nakedness, i.e. some shameful thing, something disgraceful; LXX ; ἄσχημον πρᾶγμα : Vulgate, " aliquam foeditatem ." In the Targum of Onkelos, the expression is explained by עֲבֵירִת פִתֵגָם ; " aliquid foeditatis " (London Polyglot); " iniquitas rei alicujus "(Buxtorf); "the transgression of a [Divine] word" (Levi). On this the school of Hillel among the rabbins put the interpretation that a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 24:1-4

EXPOSITION LAWS RESPECTING DIVORCE , AGAINST MAN - STEALING AND INJUSTICE . Of divorce . If a man put away his wife because she did not any longer please him, and she became the wife of another man, by whom also she was put away, or from whom she was severed by his death, the first husband might not remarry her, for that would be an abomination in the eyes of the Lord, and would bring sin on the land. This is not a law sanctioning or regulating divorce; that is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 24:1-4

These verses should be read as one continuous sentence, of which the protasis is in Deuteronomy 24:1-3 , and the apodosis in Deuteronomy 24:4 , thus: "If a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she doth not find favor in his eyes, because of some uncleanness in her, and he hath written her a bill of divorcement, and given it in her hand, and sent her out of his house; and if she hath departed out of his house, and hath gone and become another man's; and if the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 24:1-4

Divorce. The Hebrew Law, "for the hardness of men's hearts," found it was necessary to "suffer" many things not approved of absolutely ( Matthew 19:8 ). Divorce was one of these. It was permitted on grounds of strong personal dislike ( Deuteronomy 24:3 ). The Law was inapplicable to adultery, that being judged a capital offense. While permitting divorce, Moses obviously aims at restricting it, and shows, by his modes of expression, how alien this rupture of the marriage bond is to the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 24:1-5

Permissive legislation. No treatment of this passage can Be appropriate which does not set it in the light thrown upon it by Matthew 19:1-12 . The heading we have given to this outline indicates a point on which special stress should be laid whenever an expositor has occasion to refer to it. In the course of time, men had come to regard this passage in the light of a command . Hence the wording of the question in Matthew 19:7 . But our Lord informs us that it was simply permissive... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 24:1-6

The rights of women. The tendency of the true religion has been to secure and respect the rights of women. Now, we have here women's rights brought under notice in two cases—in a case of separation, and in a case of war. Moses, "because of the hardness of their hearts," allowed divorce, because it prevailed to a lamentable extent in society in his time. He suffered them to divorce their wives, but insisted on a written divorce. Among other nations an oral divorce was sufficient, and so... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 24:1-4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 24:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 24:1

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 24:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 24:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 24:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 24:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 24:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 24:1-6

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