Deuteronomy 24:2

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Deuteronomy 24:2 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man`s [wife].” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man`s [wife].
Deuteronomy 24:2 — American Standard Version

Context — Deuteronomy 24

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
2And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man`s [wife].

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And when she is departed out of his house, etc.] With her bill of divorce, by which departure out of his house it is notified to all: she may go and be other man’s [wife]; it was permitted her to marry another man, she being by her divorce freed from the law of her former husband; and who indeed, in express words contained in the divorce, gave her leave so to do; which ran thus, “thou art in thine own hand, and hast power over thyself to go and marry any other man whom thou pleasest; and let no man hinder thee in my name, from this day forward and for ever; and, lo, thou art free to any man;” (see Gill on “<400531>Matthew 5:31”).”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“In this and the next chapter certain particular rights and duties, domestic, social, and civil, are treated. The cases brought forward have often no definite connection, and seem selected in order to illustrate the application of the great principles of the Law in certain important events and circumstances. These four verses contain only one sentence, and should be rendered thus: If a man hath taken a wife, etc., and given her a bill of divorcement and Deuteronomy 24:2 if she has departed out of his house and become another man’s wife; and Deuteronomy 24:3 if the latter husband hates her, then Deuteronomy 24:4 her former husband, etc. Moses neither institutes nor enjoins divorce. The exact…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“she may go: Lev 21:7, Lev 21:14, Lev 22:13; Num 30:9; Eze 44:22; Mat 5:32; Mar 10:11; Co1 7:15 Deuteronomy 24:4”
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