Deuteronomy 21:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her. ”

Deuteronomy 21:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou shalt not make merchandise of her - Rather, thou shalt not constrain her: literally “treat her with constraint,” or “treat her as a slave.”
Deuteronomy 21:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Another regulation (only here) pertaining to war (see ch. 20, which it should perhaps immediately follow). It is another example of D's humanitarianism ( Deuteronomy 15:12-18 *). The relief claimed...
Deuteronomy 21:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

whither she will . according to her soul. Hebrew. nephesh. See App-13. make merchandise. Hebrew. 'amar. In this sense, only here and Deuteronomy 24:7 .
Deuteronomy 21:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

14. And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her. I have been compelled to separate this sentence from the foregoing context which I have explained elsewhere; (161) for Moses there gave i...
Deuteronomy 21:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast h...
Deuteronomy 21:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 14. Thou shalt let her go—because thou hast humbled her — These things were permitted to the Jews for the hardness of their hearts, and the violence of their passions: but the Gospel of Jes...
Deuteronomy 21:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive, When thou goest forth to war ... and seest amo...
Deuteronomy 21:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expiation of Undetected Homicide. Marriage of Captive Women. Punishment of a Rebellious Son The last sub-section of the Second Discourse begins here, containing a variety of social and domestic re...
Deuteronomy 21:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 21:10-14 . MARRIAGE OF CAPTIVE WOMEN. (10, 11) When thou... seest among the captives a beautiful woman. — This could not be among the seven nations, of whom it is said ( Deuteronomy...
Deuteronomy 21:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF ISRAELITE LIFE IT has often and justly been said that the life of Israel is so entirely founded on the grace and favor of God that no distinction is made between the secula...
Deuteronomy 21:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Sundry laws affecting the life of the people in the land after the conquest were now uttered. The sin of murder was once again dealt with. This time it was the murder of a person which could not be t...
Deuteronomy 21:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I pass over the natural history of the things here mentioned, to attend to the spiritual doctrine which seems to be veiled under it. And here, methinks, I see the LORD JESUS gathering from the Gentil...
Deuteronomy 21:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her ;.... Either some time after marriage: then thou shalt let her go whither she will ; by a bill of divorce, as the Targum of Jonathan, who understand...
Deuteronomy 21:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast h...
Deuteronomy 21:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

If thou have no delight in her The sense may either be, 1st, If, after he had afflicted her, by making her shave her head, change her garments, &c., and keeping her a full month in hope of marr...
Deuteronomy 21:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

UNSOLVED MURDER (vs.1-9) If one was killed and his body found removed from any city or town, the murderer being unknown, then elders and judges of Israel were required to ascertain what was the n...
Deuteronomy 21:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Case of Captive Women. B. C. 1451. 10 When thou goest forth to war against thine e...
Deuteronomy 21:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

If thou have no delight in her; either, 1. After thou hast married her; and so this is a permission of a divorce, which being indulged towards an Israelitish woman, was not likely to be denied to...
Deuteronomy 21:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

IV. FURTHER REGULATIONS CENTRAL TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SOCIETY AND THE MAINTENANCE OF FAMILY UNITY ( Deuteronomy 21:10-23 ). The remainder of Deuteronomy 21 deals with what is to happen in certa...
Deuteronomy 21:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .—The reason for grouping these five laws, apparently so different from one another, as well as for attaching them to the previous regulations is found in the desire to bring out dist...
Deuteronomy 21:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 21:4 . A rough valley. The guilt being transferred to the heifer, the slaying it in a cultivated field would have polluted the ground. The Hebrew altar allowed of no victim to be offer...
Deuteronomy 21:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION EXPIATION OF UNCERTAIN MURDER . TREATMENT OF A CAPTIVE TAKEN TO WIFE . RIGHTS OF THE FIRSTBORN . A REBELLIOUS , REFRACTORY SON TO BE JUDGED AND...
Deuteronomy 21:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Law of Captive Women
Deuteronomy 21:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 22:19 ; Deuteronomy 22:24 ; Deuteronomy 22:29 ; Exodus 21:7-11 ; Genesis 34:2 ; Judges 19:24
Deuteronomy 21:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

If thou have no delight in her — If thou dost not chuse to marry her. Thou shalt not make merchandise of her — Make gain of her, either by using her to thy own servile works, or by prostituting her...

Deuteronomy 21:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Deuteronomy 21:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 21:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Deuteronomy 21:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 21:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Deuteronomy 21:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 21:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 21:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 21:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 21:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Deuteronomy 21:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 21:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Deuteronomy 21:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Deuteronomy 21:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Deuteronomy 21:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 21:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 21:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Deuteronomy 21:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 21:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 21:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Deuteronomy 21:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 21:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Deuteronomy 21:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Deuteronomy 21:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 21:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes