5 If 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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If כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction a man אִישׁ֙ H376 Noun - masculine singular is newly חֲדָשָׁ֔ה H2319 Adjective - feminine singular married יִקַּ֥ח H3947 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular . . . אִשָּׁ֣ה H802 Noun - feminine singular he must not לֹ֤א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle be sent יֵצֵא֙ H3318 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular to war בַּצָּבָ֔א H6635 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular or וְלֹא־ H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle be pressed into יַעֲבֹ֥ר H5674 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular עָלָ֖יו עָלָ֖יו H5921 Preposition | third person masculine singular any לְכָל־ H3605 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct duty דָּבָ֑ר H1697 Noun - masculine singular For one אֶחָ֔ת H259 Number - feminine singular year שָׁנָ֣ה H8141 Noun - feminine singular he is יִהְיֶ֤ה H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular free נָקִ֞י H5355 Adjective - masculine singular to stay at home לְבֵיתוֹ֙ H1004 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular and bring joy וְשִׂמַּ֖ח H8055 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker to the wife אִשְׁתּ֥וֹ H802 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular - אֲשֶׁר־ H834 Pronoun - relative he has married לָקָֽח׃ס H3947 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular