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

1 If 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.

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

3 and 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,

4 then 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.

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References and Original Words

Verse 1

Cross-references

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

Original words

If כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction . . . יִקַּ֥ח H3947 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular a man אִ֛ישׁ H376 Noun - masculine singular marries וּבְעָלָ֑הּ H1166 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular . . . וְהָיָ֞ה H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular a woman אִשָּׁ֖ה H802 Noun - feminine singular but אִם־ H518 Conjunction she becomes displeasing לֹ֧א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle . . . תִמְצָא־ H4672 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular . . . חֵ֣ן H2580 Noun - masculine singular . . . בְּעֵינָ֗יו H5869 Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular to him because כִּי־ H3588 Conjunction he finds מָ֤צָא H4672 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular some דָּבָ֔ר H1697 Noun - masculine singular indecency עֶרְוַ֣ת H6172 Noun - feminine singular construct in her בָהּ֙ Preposition | third person feminine singular he may write וְכָ֨תַב H3789 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular her לָ֜הּ Preposition | third person feminine singular a certificate סֵ֤פֶר H5612 Noun - masculine singular construct of divorce כְּרִיתֻת֙ H3748 Noun - feminine singular hand it to וְנָתַ֣ן H5414 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular her בְּיָדָ֔הּ H3027 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular and send her away וְשִׁלְּחָ֖הּ H7971 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular from his house מִבֵּיתֽוֹ׃ H1004 Preposition-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 leaving וְיָצְאָ֖ה H3318 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular his house מִבֵּית֑וֹ H1004 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular she goes וְהָלְכָ֖ה H1980 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular and becomes וְהָיְתָ֥ה H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular another אַחֵֽר׃ H312 Adjective - masculine singular man’s wife לְאִישׁ־ H376 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular

Verse 3

Cross-references

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

Original words

and the second הָאַחֲרוֹן֒ H314 Article | Adjective - masculine singular man הָאִ֣ישׁ H376 Article | Noun - masculine singular hates her וּשְׂנֵאָהּ֮ H8130 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular writes וְכָ֨תַב H3789 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular her לָ֜הּ Preposition | third person feminine singular a certificate סֵ֤פֶר H5612 Noun - masculine singular construct of divorce כְּרִיתֻת֙ H3748 Noun - feminine singular hands it to וְנָתַ֣ן H5414 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular her בְּיָדָ֔הּ H3027 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular and sends her away וְשִׁלְּחָ֖הּ H7971 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular from his house מִבֵּית֑וֹ H1004 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular or א֣וֹ H176 Conjunction if כִ֤י H3588 Conjunction he dies יָמוּת֙ H4191 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular . . . הָאִ֣ישׁ H376 Article | Noun - masculine singular . . . הָאַחֲר֔וֹן H314 Article | Adjective - masculine singular - אֲשֶׁר־ H834 Pronoun - relative - לְקָחָ֥הּ H3947 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular - לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ H802 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular

Verse 4

Cross-references

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

Original words

then the husband בַּעְלָ֣הּ H1167 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular who אֲשֶֽׁר־ H834 Pronoun - relative divorced her שִׁ֠לְּחָהּ H7971 Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular first הָרִאשׁ֣וֹן H7223 Article | Adjective - masculine singular may יוּכַ֣ל H3201 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular not לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle vvv לָשׁ֨וּב H7725 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct remarry לְקַחְתָּ֜הּ H3947 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular . . . לִהְי֧וֹת H1961 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct . . . ל֣וֹ Preposition | third person masculine singular her לְאִשָּׁ֗ה H802 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular after אַחֲרֵי֙ H310 Preposition - אֲשֶׁ֣ר H834 Pronoun - relative she has been defiled הֻטַּמָּ֔אָה H2930 Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - third person feminine singular for כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction that [is] הִ֖וא H1931 Pronoun - third person feminine singular an abomination תוֹעֵבָ֥ה H8441 Noun - feminine singular to לִפְנֵ֣י H6440 Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct the LORD יְהוָ֑ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular You must not וְלֹ֤א H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle bring sin תַחֲטִיא֙ H2398 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker upon the land הָאָ֔רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular that אֲשֶׁר֙ H834 Pronoun - relative the LORD יְהוָ֣ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular your God אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ H430 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular is giving נֹתֵ֥ן H5414 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular you לְךָ֖ Preposition | second person masculine singular [as] an inheritance נַחֲלָֽה׃ס H5159 Noun - feminine singular

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