Deuteronomy 20:6-7
eaten of it Heb. made it common, Deut. 28:1-30:20; Lev 19:23-25; Jer 31:5 lest he die Isa 65:22; Zeph 1:13 betrothed a wife It was customary among the Jews to contract matrimony, espouse, or betroth, and for a considerable time to leave the parties in the houses of the respective parents; and when the bridegroom had made proper preparations, then the bride was brought home to his house, and the marriage consummated. The provisions in this verse refer to a case of this kind; though the Jews extend it to him who had newly consummated his marriage, and even to him who had married his brother's wife. It was deemed a peculiar hardship for a person to be obliged to go to battle, who had left a house unfinished, newly purchased land half tilled, or a wife with whom he had just contracted marriage. Deut 22:23-25, Deut 24:5; Matt 1:18 lest he die Deut 28:30; Luke 14:18-20; 2Tim 2:4
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