In this chapter we have, I. The toleration of divorce, Deut. 24:1–4. II. A discharge of new-married men from the war, Deut. 24:5. III. Laws concerning pledges, Deut. 24:6 Deut. 24:10–13 Deut. 24:17. IV. Against man-stealing, Deut. 24:7. V. Concerning the leprosy, Deut. 24:8–9. VI.

This is that permission which the Pharisees erroneously referred to as a precept, Matt. 19:7, Moses commanded to give a writing of divorcement. It was not so; our Saviour told them that he only suffered it because of the hardness of their hearts, lest, if they had not had liberty to divorce their…

Here is, I. Provision made for the preservation and confirmation of love between new-married people, Deut. 24:5. This fitly follows upon the laws concerning divorce, which would be prevented if their affection to each other were well settled at first.

Here, I. Masters are commanded to be just to their poor servants, Deut. 24:14–15. 1. They must not oppress them, by overloading them with work, by giving them undue and unreasonable rebukes, or by withholding from them proper maintenance.