Deuteronomy 24:5 KJV

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.

Matthew Henry

Of new-married persons, Of man-stealers, Of pledgesIt is of great consequence that love be kept up between husband and wife; that they carefully avoid every thing which might make them strange one to another....

Thompson Chains

BridegroomStarts here · next Judges 14:11 · 2 links
Husbands' DutyLink 2 of 5 · next Proverbs 5:18
War (2)Link 3 of 4 · next Luke 14:31
HomeStarts here · next Ruth 1:21 · 5 links
WifeSee the chain from Genesis 2:18 · 7 links

Cross References

Deuteronomy 20:7 And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
Proverbs 5:18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
Genesis 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Ecclesiastes 9:9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
Matthew 19:4–6 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, …
Mark 10:6–9 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. …
1 Corinthians 7:10–15 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: …
1 Corinthians 7:29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
Ephesians 5:28–29 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. …
Titus 2:4–5 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, …

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Topics

Bridegroom Exempt from military duty
Husband General scriptures concerning
Marriage The groom exempt one year from military duty
Soldiers Others exempt from service

Timeline

Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness

Hebrew and Strong’s

When a man כִּי kî Conjunction אִישׁ ʾîš אִישׁ Noun · masculine singular
hath taken יִקַּח yiqqaḥ לָקַח Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
a new חֲדָשָׁה ḥădāšâ חָדָשׁ Adjective · feminine singular
wife אִשָּׁה ʾiššâ אִשָּׁה Noun · feminine singular
he shall not go out לֹא lōʾ Negative יֵצֵא yēṣēʾ יָצָא Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
to war בַּצָּבָא baṣṣābāʾ צָבָא Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with preposition with the
neither shall he be charged וְלֹא wĕlōʾ Negative · with and יַעֲבֹר yaʿăbōr עָבַר Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
with any business עָלָיו ʿālāyw Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular לְכָל lĕkol Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition דָּבָר dābār דָּבָר Noun · masculine singular
he shall be free נָקִי nāqî נָקִי Adjective · masculine singular
at home יִהְיֶה yihyê Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular לְבֵיתוֹ lĕbêtô בַּיִת Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: third person masculine singular
one אֶחָת ʾeḥāt אֶחָד Number · feminine singular
year שָׁנָה šānâ שָׁנֶה Noun · feminine singular
and shall cheer up וְשִׂמַּח wĕśimmaḥ שָׂמַח Verb · piel sequential perfect, third person masculine singular · with and
his wife אֶת ʾet Object marker אִשְׁתּוֹ ʾištô אִשָּׁה Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
which he hath taken אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative לָקָח lāqāḥ לָקַח Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular

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