Deuteronomy 24 in the early church
117 passages quote, allude to, or echo Deuteronomy 24, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
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Deuteronomy 24:1
If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.
Deuteronomy 24:2
If, after leaving his house, she goes and becomes another man’s wife,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 24:2 | Letter to Aristides 3 · Julius Africanus | allusion, low confidence | ca. 220–240 |
| Deut 24:2 | Homilies on Jeremiah 4.2 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 240 |
| Deut 24:2 | Church History 1.7.7 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 300–325 |
| Deut 24:2 | Commentary on Deuteronomy 24:1-4 · Ephrem the Syrian | allusion, high confidence | 4th century (if Ephrem's, before 373) |
| Deut 24:2 | Homily 12 on Romans, section 12.3 · John Chrysostom | allusion, high confidence | ca. 391-400 |
Deuteronomy 24:3
and the second man hates her, writes her a certificate of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house, or if he dies,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 24:3 | Commentary on Matthew 14.19 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
| Deut 24:3 | Commentary on Matthew 14.20 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
| Deut 24:3 | Commentary on Matthew 14.21 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
Deuteronomy 24:4
then the husband who divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 24:4 | Commentary on Matthew 14.18 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
| Deut 24:4 | Commentary on Matthew 14.20 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
| Deut 24:4 | Commentary on Matthew 14.21 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
| Deut 24:4 | Commentary on Matthew 14.22 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
| Deut 24:4 | Commentary on Deuteronomy 24:1-4 · Ephrem the Syrian | allusion, high confidence | 4th century (if Ephrem's, before 373) |
| Deut 24:4 | Commentary on 2 Samuel 3:12-16 · Ephrem the Syrian | allusion, high confidence | 4th century (if Ephrem's, before 373) |
| Deut 24:4 | Homilies on Matthew 17.4 · John Chrysostom | allusion, high confidence | ca. 390 |
| Deut 24:4 | On Adulterous Marriages 2.5 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 419–421 |
Deuteronomy 24:5
If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 24:5 | Against Jovinianus 1.20 · Jerome | allusion, medium confidence | 393 |
Deuteronomy 24:6
Do not take a pair of millstones or even an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking one’s livelihood as security.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 24:6 | Eclogae on Exodus-Judges, column 809 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Deut 24:6 | Eclogae on Exodus-Judges, column 811 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Deut 24:6 | On Tobit 57 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380-390 |
| Deut 24:6 | On Tobit 83 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380-390 |
Deuteronomy 24:7
If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 24:7 | On the Duties of the Clergy 3.3 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 386–390 |
Deuteronomy 24:8
In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 24:8 | Arabic Pentateuch fragment XXV (on Deut 24–26) · Hippolytus of Rome | allusion, high confidence | unknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena) |
Deuteronomy 24:10
When you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 24:10 | Miscellanies 2.18.85 · Clement of Alexandria | allusion, high confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Deut 24:10 | Arabic Pentateuch fragment XXV (on Deut 24–26) · Hippolytus of Rome | allusion, high confidence | unknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena) |
| Deut 24:10 | On Tobit 57 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380-390 |
| Deut 24:10 | On Tobit 69 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380-390 |
Deuteronomy 24:11
You are to stand outside while the man to whom you are lending brings the security out to you.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 24:11 | Miscellanies 2.18.85 · Clement of Alexandria | allusion, high confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Deut 24:11 | On Tobit 69 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380-390 |
Deuteronomy 24:12
If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 24:12–13 | Against Marcion 4.17 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Deut 24:12 | On Tobit 69 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380-390 |
Deuteronomy 24:13
be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 24:13 | Arabic Pentateuch fragment XXV (on Deut 24–26) · Hippolytus of Rome | allusion, high confidence | unknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena) |
| Deut 24:13 | On Tobit 57 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380-390 |
| Deut 24:13 | On Tobit 69 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380-390 |
| Deut 24:13 | On Tobit 71 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380-390 |
| Deut 24:13 | On Tobit 72 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380-390 |
Deuteronomy 24:14
Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 24:14 | Miscellanies 2.18.85 · Clement of Alexandria | allusion, high confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Deut 24:14–15 | Demonstration 20.3 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Deut 24:14 | On the Duties of the Clergy 3.3 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 386–390 |
Deuteronomy 24:15
You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 24:15 | Miscellanies 2.18.85 · Clement of Alexandria | allusion, high confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Deut 24:15 | Arabic Pentateuch fragment XXV (on Deut 24–26) · Hippolytus of Rome | allusion, high confidence | unknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena) |
| Deut 24:15 | On Tobit 92 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 380-390 |
Deuteronomy 24:16
Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 24:16 | Arabic Pentateuch fragment XXV (on Deut 24–26) · Hippolytus of Rome | allusion, high confidence | unknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena) |
| Deut 24:16 | Against Celsus 8.40 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248 |
| Deut 24:16 | Letter 55.27 · Cyprian of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | 249/250–258 |
| Deut 24:16 | On the Witch of Endor 15 · Eustathius of Antioch | allusion, low confidence | ca. 324–337 |
| Deut 24:16 | Question 14, section 3 · Ambrosiaster | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–384 |
| Deut 24:16 | Question 36, section 1 · Ambrosiaster | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 370–384 |
| Deut 24:16 | Apostolic Constitutions 2.14.9 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Deut 24:16 | Deuteronomy, lines 103–127 · Cyprianus Gallus | allusion, high confidence | early 5th cent. |
Deuteronomy 24:17
Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 24:17 | Arabic Pentateuch fragment XXV (on Deut 24–26) · Hippolytus of Rome | allusion, high confidence | unknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena) |
| Deut 24:17 | On Tobit 57 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380-390 |
| Deut 24:17 | On Tobit 84 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380-390 |
Deuteronomy 24:19
If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 24:19 | Miscellanies 2.18.85 · Clement of Alexandria | allusion, high confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Deut 24:19 | Arabic Pentateuch fragment XXV (on Deut 24–26) · Hippolytus of Rome | allusion, high confidence | unknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena) |
| Deut 24:19 | Preparation for the Gospel 13.21.13 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 313–324 |
| Deut 24:19–22 | Demonstration 20.2 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Deut 24:19 | On the Christian Life 8 · Fastidius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 411-430 |
Deuteronomy 24:20
When you beat the olives from your trees, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 24:20 | Miscellanies 2.18.86 · Clement of Alexandria | allusion, high confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Deut 24:20 | Preparation for the Gospel 13.21.13 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 313–324 |
Deuteronomy 24:21
When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not go over the vines again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 24:21 | Miscellanies 2.18.86 · Clement of Alexandria | allusion, high confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Deut 24:21 | Preparation for the Gospel 13.21.13 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 313–324 |
Deuteronomy 24:22
Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 24:22 | On the Christian Life 8 · Fastidius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 411-430 |