Focused Passage

Deuteronomy 24:1-4

Justice for the Vulnerable and the Limits of Covenant Law

Divorce regulation (vv. 1–4) → protection of the new household (v. 5) → prohibition against seizing livelihood pledges (vv. 6, 10–13) → kidnapping law (vv. 7) → skin disease and Miriam's warning (vv. 8–9) → wage and pledge justice for the poor (vv. 14–15) → individual accountability (v. 16) → justice for the sojourner and widow (v. 17) → redemption memory as motive (vv. 18, 22) → gleaning laws for the threefold vulnerable (vv. 19–22)

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

1If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.

2If, after leaving his house, she goes and becomes another man’s wife,

3and the second man hates her, writes her a certificate of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house, or if he dies,

4then the husband who divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

Study Helps

References and Original Words

Verse 1

Cross-references

Matthew 5:31BSB references Luke 16:18BSB references Matthew 19:7Classic cross-references Mark 10:4Classic cross-references Jeremiah 3:1Classic cross-references Matthew 1:19Classic cross-references

Original words

Ifכִּֽי־H3588Conjunction. . .יִקַּ֥חH3947Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singulara manאִ֛ישׁH376Noun - masculine singularmarriesוּבְעָלָ֑הּH1166Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular. . .וְהָיָ֞הH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singulara womanאִשָּׁ֖הH802Noun - feminine singularbutאִם־H518Conjunctionshe becomes displeasingלֹ֧אH3808Adverb - Negative particle. . .תִמְצָא־H4672Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular. . .חֵ֣ןH2580Noun - masculine singular. . .בְּעֵינָ֗יוH5869Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | third person masculine singularto him becauseכִּי־H3588Conjunctionhe findsמָ֤צָאH4672Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularsomeדָּבָ֔רH1697Noun - masculine singularindecencyעֶרְוַ֣תH6172Noun - feminine singular constructin herבָהּ֙Preposition | third person feminine singularhe may writeוְכָ֨תַבH3789Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularherלָ֜הּPreposition | third person feminine singulara certificateסֵ֤פֶרH5612Noun - masculine singular constructof divorceכְּרִיתֻת֙H3748Noun - feminine singularhand it toוְנָתַ֣ןH5414Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularherבְּיָדָ֔הּH3027Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singularand send her awayוְשִׁלְּחָ֖הּH7971Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singularfrom his houseמִבֵּיתֽוֹ׃H1004Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular

BSB notes

Cited in Matthew 5:31; see also Mark 10:4.

Verse 2

Original words

If, after leavingוְיָצְאָ֖הH3318Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singularhis houseמִבֵּית֑וֹH1004Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularshe goesוְהָלְכָ֖הH1980Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singularand becomesוְהָיְתָ֥הH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singularanotherאַחֵֽר׃H312Adjective - masculine singularman’s wifeלְאִישׁ־H376Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular

Verse 3

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 24:1Classic cross-references Jeremiah 3:8Classic cross-references

Original words

and the secondהָאַחֲרוֹן֒H314Article | Adjective - masculine singularmanהָאִ֣ישׁH376Article | Noun - masculine singularhates herוּשְׂנֵאָהּ֮H8130Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singularwritesוְכָ֨תַבH3789Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularherלָ֜הּPreposition | third person feminine singulara certificateסֵ֤פֶרH5612Noun - masculine singular constructof divorceכְּרִיתֻת֙H3748Noun - feminine singularhands it toוְנָתַ֣ןH5414Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularherבְּיָדָ֔הּH3027Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singularand sends her awayוְשִׁלְּחָ֖הּH7971Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singularfrom his houseמִבֵּית֑וֹH1004Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularorא֣וֹH176Conjunctionifכִ֤יH3588Conjunctionhe diesיָמוּת֙H4191Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular. . .הָאִ֣ישׁH376Article | Noun - masculine singular. . .הָאַחֲר֔וֹןH314Article | Adjective - masculine singular-אֲשֶׁר־H834Pronoun - relative-לְקָחָ֥הּH3947Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular-לְאִשָּֽׁה׃H802Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular

Verse 4

Cross-references

Jeremiah 3:1Classic cross-references Proverbs 6:16Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 17:1Classic cross-references

Original words

then the husbandבַּעְלָ֣הּH1167Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singularwhoאֲשֶֽׁר־H834Pronoun - relativedivorced herשִׁ֠לְּחָהּH7971Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singularfirstהָרִאשׁ֣וֹןH7223Article | Adjective - masculine singularmayיוּכַ֣לH3201Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularnotלֹא־H3808Adverb - Negative particlevvvלָשׁ֨וּבH7725Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructremarryלְקַחְתָּ֜הּH3947Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular. . .לִהְי֧וֹתH1961Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct. . .ל֣וֹPreposition | third person masculine singularherלְאִשָּׁ֗הH802Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singularafterאַחֲרֵי֙H310Preposition-אֲשֶׁ֣רH834Pronoun - relativeshe has been defiledהֻטַּמָּ֔אָהH2930Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - third person feminine singularforכִּֽי־H3588Conjunctionthat [is]הִ֖ואH1931Pronoun - third person feminine singularan abominationתוֹעֵבָ֥הH8441Noun - feminine singulartoלִפְנֵ֣יH6440Preposition-l | Noun - common plural constructthe LORDיְהוָ֑הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularYou must notוְלֹ֤אH3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particlebring sinתַחֲטִיא֙H2398Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerupon the landהָאָ֔רֶץH776Article | Noun - feminine singularthatאֲשֶׁר֙H834Pronoun - relativethe LORDיְהוָ֣הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularyour Godאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָH430Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singularis givingנֹתֵ֥ןH5414Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularyouלְךָ֖Preposition | second person masculine singular[as] an inheritanceנַחֲלָֽה׃סH5159Noun - feminine singular

Read full chapter context All Deuteronomy chapters

<- Deuteronomy 23 Deuteronomy 24 Deuteronomy 25 ->