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John Gill's Exposition on Deuteronomy 20:7

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? etc.] Home to his house and bedded with her; has only betrothed her, but is not properly married to her, the nuptials are not completed; this the Jews understand of anyone betrothed to him, whether a virgin or a widow, or the wife of a deceased brother (yea, they say, if his brother is dead in war, he returns and comes home), but not of a former wife divorced and received again f244: let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in battle, and another man take her; or marry her.
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