Deuteronomy 24:10-25:4

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Deuteronomy 24:1-22

CRITICAL Notes.—In this chapter certain duties social and domestic are chosen to illustrate the general application of the law.Deuteronomy 24:1-5. Relation of man and wife. Divorce. The verses are hypothetical and should form one sentence, the first three being protasis and Deuteronomy 24:4 the apodosis. Moses neither institutes nor commands divorce, but permits, puts under careful regulations which was too prevalent, too deeply rooted to abolish. The passage harmonises with Matthew 5:31-32;... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 24:1-22

Chapter 24Now,When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she finds no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in unto her hand, and send her out of his house ( Deuteronomy 24:1 ).So the law of divorce.Now what does constitute an uncleanness? A man marries a woman and finds an uncleanness. There are some who say "Well, he discovers that she is not a virgin". No, that's not it because... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 24:1-22

Deuteronomy 24:1 . Some uncleanness; not adultery, but leprosy, secret infirmities, or insupportable wickedness. Moses, says our Saviour; because of the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so. The magistrates executing the writing, would no doubt see the woman invested with all her property, or provided with a maintenance. With us a man may put away his wife for adultery, but he cannot marry another without leave from parliament.... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 24:10

Deu 24:10 When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. Ver. 10. To fetch his pledge. ] To see, Quam sit eurta supellex, and to pick and choose what pledge thou pleasest. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Deuteronomy 24:10

When: Deuteronomy 15:8 lend thy brother any thing: Heb. lend the loan of anything to thy brother Reciprocal: Exodus 22:26 - to pledge Nehemiah 5:7 - Ye exact usury Job 22:6 - For thou Job 24:3 - drive Ezekiel 33:15 - restore read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Deuteronomy 24:10

When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.Thou shalt not go in — To prevent both the poor man's reproach by having his wants exposed, and the creditor's greediness which might be occasioned by the sight of something which he desired, and the debtor could not spare. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 24:10

10. When thou dost lend, etc. The creditor was not to go into the house of the debtor to exact such a pledge as he deemed the best security, but he was to let the borrower bring out to him what he might be able to spare. read more