Deuteronomy 24:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

If a man and a woman have been married less than one year, he must not be sent off to war or sent away to do forced labour. He must be allowed to stay home for a year and be happy with his wife.

Cross References

Genesis 2:24

That's why a man will leave his own father and mother. He marries a woman, and the two of them become like one person.

Proverbs 5:18

Be happy with the wife you married when you were young.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Life is short, and you love your wife, so enjoy being with her. This is what you are supposed to do as you struggle through life on this earth.

Luke 14:20

Still another guest said, “I have just got married, and I can't be there.”

1 Corinthians 7:29

My friends, what I mean is that the Lord will soon come, and it won't matter if you are married or not.

Deuteronomy 20:7

If any of you are engaged to be married, you may go back home and get married. It isn't right for you to die in battle and for somebody else to marry the woman you are engaged to.

Deuteronomy 24:6

When you lend money to people, you are allowed to keep something of theirs as a guarantee that they will pay back the loan. But don't take one or both of their millstones, or else they may starve. They need these stones for grinding grain into flour to make bread.