Deuteronomy 24:5

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When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the host, neither shall he be charged with any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.

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Although Egypt is not named in this verse, it is the land from which Israel had been delivered and whose former bondage forms the background of Deuteronomy’s laws. The provision for a newly married man promotes household stability within the covenant community God

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Deuteronomy 24:5 mentions Egypt.

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