“And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.”
Has anyone become engaged to a woman but not yet married her? He should go back to his house, or he might die in the battle and another marry her — the third exemption (the betrothed man) protects the covenantal relationship of marriage from being disrupted by military service; the betrothed man's prior covenant obligation takes precedence.
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