Deuteronomy 24:1

CHAPTER XXIV

The case of a divorced wife, 1-4.

No man shall be obliged to undertake any public service for the

first year of his marriage, 5.

The mill-stones shall not be taken as a pledge, 6.

The man-stealer shall be put to death, 7.

Concerning cases of leprosy, 8, 9.

Of receiving pledges, and returning those of the poor before

bed-time, 10-13.

Of servants and their hire, 14,15.

Parents and children shall not be put to death for each other,

16.

Of humanity to the stranger, fatherless, widow, and bondman,

17,18.

Gleanings of the harvest, c., to be left for the poor,

stranger, widow, fatherless, c., 19-22.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXIV

Verse Deuteronomy 24:1. Some uncleanness] Any cause of dislike, for this great latitude of meaning the fact itself authorizes us to adopt, for it is certain that a Jew might put away his wife for any cause that seemed good to himself and so hard were their hearts, that Moses suffered this and we find they continued this practice even to the time of our Lord, who strongly reprehended them on the account, and showed that such license was wholly inconsistent with the original design of marriage; see Matthew 5:31, c. Matthew 19:3, c., and the notes there.