Deuteronomy 24:3

And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife;

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
latter	הָאַחֲרוֹן֒ ha.'a.cha.rOn	H314	hinder · definite article + adjective, masculine singular absolute
husband	הָאִ֣ישׁ ha.'Ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
hate	וּשְׂנֵאָהּ֮ u.se.ne.'Ah	H8130	to hate (personally) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
write	וְכָ֨תַב ve.Kha.tav	H3789	to grave · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
bill	סֵ֤פֶר Se.fer	H5612	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct
divorcement	כְּרִיתֻת֙ ke.ri.Tut	H3748	a cutting (of the matrimonial bond) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
giveth	וְנָתַ֣ן ve.na.Tan	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
hand	בְּיָדָ֔הּ be.ya.Dah	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
sendeth	וְשִׁלְּחָ֖הּ ve.shi.le.Chah	H7971	to send away · conjunction + verb, piel sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
house	מִבֵּית֑וֹ mi.bei.To	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
latter	הָאַחֲר֔וֹן ha.'a.cha.Ron	H314	hinder · definite article + adjective, masculine singular absolute
husband	הָאִ֣ישׁ ha.'Ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
die	יָמוּת֙ ya.Mut	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
took	לְקָחָ֥הּ le.ka.Chah	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
wife	לְאִשָּֽׁה le.'i.Shah	H802	a woman · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 24:1-4

This is that permission which the Pharisees erroneously referred to as a precept, Mat 19:7, Moses commanded to give a writing of divorcement. It was not so; our Saviour told them that he only suffered it because of the hardness of their hearts, lest, if they had not had liberty to divorce their wives, they should have ruled them with rigour, and it may be, have been the death of them. It is probable that divorces were in use before (they are taken for granted, Lev 21:14), and Moses thought it needful here to give some rules concerning them. 1. That a man might not divorce his wife unless he found some uncleanness in her, Deu 24:1. It was not sufficient to say that he did not like her, or tha…

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John Gill on Deuteronomy 24:3

And if the latter husband hate her,.... Or less loves her than another woman, and she is disliked by him as she was by her former husband: and write her a bill off divorcement, and giveth it into her hand, and sendeth her out of his house: as he had by this law a permission, in like manner as her former husband had; See Gill on Deuteronomy 24:1, or if her latter husband die, which took her to be his wife; and she survives him; as she is then by death loosed from the law of an husband, she may lawfully marry another man, but not her former husband, as follows.

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 24:1-4

Deuteronomy 24:1-4 1. When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her; then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. 1. Si acceperit quis uxorem, et coierit cum ea, non autem invenerit gratiam in oculis ejus, eo quod invenerit in ea maculam aliquam, et seripserit ei libellum repudii, ac tradiderit in manum ejus, et emiserit e domo sua: 2. And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife 2. Illa vero egressa e domo ejus, abierit, et nupserit alteri viro: 3. And if the latter husband hate her, and write…

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Dictionary and topics

Divorce — The dissolution of the marriage tie was regulated by the Mosaic law (Deut. 24:1-4). The Jews, after the Captivity, were reguired to dismiss the foreign women they had married contrary to the law…
Divorce · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Deuteronomy 24:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 24:1-4

John Gill on Deuteronomy 24:3

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 24:1-4

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Deuteronomy 24:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 24:1-4

John Gill on Deuteronomy 24:3

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 24:1-4

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 24:1-5

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 24:1

Rashi on Deuteronomy 24:3