Matthew Poole Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:14 - 21:14

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:14 - 21:14


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If thou have no delight in her; either,



1. After thou hast married her; and so this is a permission of a divorce, which being indulged towards an Israelitish woman, was not likely to be denied towards a stranger. Or rather,



2. Before thy marriage; for it is not probable, that God having given him competent time for the trial of his affections to her before he was permitted to marry her, would suffer him upon so slight an occasion, within a day or two after so solemn a contract, to send her away; nor is there a word spoken here of any divorce.



Thou shalt not make merchandise of her, i.e. make gain of her, either by using her to thy own servile works, or by prostituting her to the lusts or to the service of others.



Humbled her, i.e. lain with her, as this phrase is oft used, as Gen_34:2 Deu_22:24,29 Jud 19:24 Eze_23:10,11.