5If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married.
Focused Passage
Deuteronomy 24:5
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)
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Verse 5
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Ifכִּֽי־H3588Conjunctiona manאִישׁ֙H376Noun - masculine singularis newlyחֲדָשָׁ֔הH2319Adjective - feminine singularmarriedיִקַּ֥חH3947Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular. . .אִשָּׁ֣הH802Noun - feminine singularhe must notלֹ֤אH3808Adverb - Negative particlebe sentיֵצֵא֙H3318Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularto warבַּצָּבָ֔אH6635Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singularorוְלֹא־H3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particlebe pressed intoיַעֲבֹ֥רH5674Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularעָלָ֖יועָלָ֖יוH5921Preposition | third person masculine singularanyלְכָל־H3605Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular constructdutyדָּבָ֑רH1697Noun - masculine singularFor oneאֶחָ֔תH259Number - feminine singularyearשָׁנָ֣הH8141Noun - feminine singularhe isיִהְיֶ֤הH1961Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularfreeנָקִ֞יH5355Adjective - masculine singularto stay at homeלְבֵיתוֹ֙H1004Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularand bring joyוְשִׂמַּ֖חH8055Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerto the wifeאִשְׁתּ֥וֹH802Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular-אֲשֶׁר־H834Pronoun - relativehe has marriedלָקָֽח׃סH3947Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular