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Deuteronomy 24:5-7
New English Translation
Deuteronomy 24:5-7
New English Translation
5 When a man is newly married, he need not go into[a] the army nor be obligated in any way; he must be free to stay at home for a full year and bring joy to[b] the wife he has married.
6 One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security.[c]
7 If a man is found kidnapping a person from among his fellow Israelites,[d] and regards him as mere property[e] and sells him, that kidnapper[f] must die. In this way you will purge[g] the evil from among you.
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- Deuteronomy 24:5 tn Heb “go out with.”
- Deuteronomy 24:5 tc For the MT’s reading Piel שִׂמַּח (simmakh, “bring joy to”), the Syriac and others read שָׂמַח (samakh, “enjoy”).
- Deuteronomy 24:6 sn Taking millstones as security on a loan would amount to taking the owner’s own life in pledge, since the millstones were the owner’s means of earning a living and supporting his family.
- Deuteronomy 24:7 tn Heb “from his brothers, from the sons of Israel.” The terms “brothers” and “sons of Israel” are in apposition; the second defines the first more specifically.
- Deuteronomy 24:7 tn Or “and enslaves him.”
- Deuteronomy 24:7 tn Heb “that thief.”
- Deuteronomy 24:7 tn Heb “burn.” See note on the word “purge” in Deut 19:19.
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