Deuteronomy 24:2

2 and if after she leaves his house she becomes the wife of another man,

Deuteronomy 24:2 in Other Translations

2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife.

2 and if she goes and becomes another man's wife,

2 When she leaves his house, she is free to marry another man.

2 After she leaves, if she becomes another man's wife

2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's [wife].

2 She might marry another man after she leaves his house.

2 If after leaving his house she goes and becomes another man's wife,

2 Then after she leaves his house she becomes another man's wife.

Deuteronomy 24:2 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 24:2

And when she is departed out of his house
With her bill of divorce, by which departure out of his house it is notified to all:

she may go and be other man's [wife];
it was permitted her to marry another man, she being by her divorce freed from the law of her former husband; and who indeed, in express words contained in the divorce, gave her leave so to do; which ran thus,

``thou art in thine own hand, and hast power over thyself to go and marry any other man whom thou pleasest; and let no man hinder thee in my name, from this day forward and for ever; and, lo, thou art free to any man;''

(See Gill on Matthew 5:31).

Deuteronomy 24:2 In-Context

1 If a man marries a woman who becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent about her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house,

2 and if after she leaves his house she becomes the wife of another man,

3 and her second husband dislikes her and writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, or if he dies,

4 then her first husband, who divorced her, is not allowed to marry her again after she has been defiled. That would be detestable in the eyes of the LORD. Do not bring sin upon the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

5 If a man has recently married, he must not be sent to war or have any other duty laid on him. For one year he is to be free to stay at home and bring happiness to the wife he has married.