Deuteronomy 20:7

The Scriptures 1998

‘And who is the man who is engaged to a woman and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man take her.’

Cross References

Deuteronomy 24:5

“When a man has taken a new wife, let him not go out into the army nor let any matter be imposed upon him. He shall be exempt one year for the sake of his home, to rejoice with his wife whom he has taken.

Deuteronomy 28:30

“You become engaged to a wife, but another man does lie with her. You build a house, but do not dwell in it. You plant a vineyard, but do not use its fruit.

2 Timothy 2:4

No one serving as a soldier gets involved in the affairs of this life, in order to please only him who enlisted him as a soldier.

Matthew 1:18

But the birth of יהושע  Messiah was as follows: After His mother Miryam was engaged to Yosĕ

Deuteronomy 20:6

‘And who is the man who has planted a vineyard and has not begun to use it? Let him also go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man should begin to use it.