Deuteronomy 24:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Deuteronomy 24:5 — end of Deuteronomy 25

VARIOUS PRECEPTS OF HUMANITY.

(5) He shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business. — He shall not go forth in warfare, neither shall warfare pass upon him in any form. In Numbers 4:23; Numbers 4:30 the service of the tabernacle is called its “warfare.”

He shall be free at home. — Literally, he shall be clear for his home; free from all charges, so as to belong to that.

Deuteronomy 24:5

5 When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.