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Deuteronomy 24:4-6
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4 her first husband who divorced her is not permitted to remarry[a] her after she has become ritually impure, for that is offensive to the Lord.[b] You must not bring guilt on the land[c] that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

5 When a man is newly married, he need not go into[d] the army nor be obligated in any way; he must be free to stay at home for a full year and bring joy to[e] the wife he has married.

6 One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security.[f]

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  1. Deuteronomy 24:4 tn Heb “to return to take her to be his wife.”
  2. Deuteronomy 24:4 sn The issue here is not divorce and its grounds per se but prohibition of remarriage to a mate whom one has previously divorced.
  3. Deuteronomy 24:4 tn Heb “cause the land to sin” (so KJV, ASV).
  4. Deuteronomy 24:5 tn Heb “go out with.”
  5. Deuteronomy 24:5 tc For the MT’s reading Piel שִׂמַּח (simmakh, “bring joy to”), the Syriac and others read שָׂמַח (samakh, “enjoy”).
  6. Deuteronomy 24:6 sn Taking millstones as security on a loan would amount to taking the owner’s own life in pledge, since the millstones were the owner’s means of earning a living and supporting his family.
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Deuteronomy 24:4-6
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4 then her first husband, who divorced her, is not allowed to marry her again after she has been defiled. That would be detestable in the eyes of the Lord. Do not bring sin upon the land the Lord(A) your God is giving you as an inheritance.

5 If a man has recently married, he must not be sent to war or have any other duty laid on him. For one year he is to be free to stay at home and bring happiness to the wife he has married.(B)

6 Do not take a pair of millstones—not even the upper one—as security for a debt, because that would be taking a person’s livelihood as security.(C)

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