“When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. some: Heb. matter of nakedness divorcement: Heb. cutting off”
Hereby God approveth not that light divorcement, but permitteth it to avoid further inconvenience, Matt. 19:7 .
“Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.”
Seeing that by dimitting her, he judged her to be unclean and defiled.
“When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken. neither: Heb. not any thing shall pass upon him”
That they might learn to know one another’s conditions, and so afterward live in godly peace.
“No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.”
Not anything whereby a man getteth his living.
“When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. lend: Heb. lend the loan of any thing to, etc”
As though thou wouldest appoint what to have, but shalt receive what he may spare.
“In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.”
Though he would be unthankful, yet God will not forget it.
“The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.”
2 Kings 14:6 ; 2 Chron. 25:4 ; Jer. 31:29 , 30 ; Ezek. 18:20
“Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:”
Because the world did least esteem these sorts of people, therefore God hath most care over them.
“When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. afterward: Heb. after thee”
Or, the grapes of thy vineyard.
“And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.”
God judged them not mindful of his benefit, except they were beneficial unto others.