Deuteronomy 20:7

Context
20:7 Or who among you¹ has become engaged to a woman but has not married her? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else marry her.”

Matthew 1:18-19

Context

The Birth of Jesus Christ

1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way. While his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together,² she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 1:19 Because Joseph, her husband to be,³ was a righteous man, and because he did not want to disgrace her, he intended to divorce her⁴ privately.

[20:7] ¹tn Heb “Who [is] the man.”

[1:18] ²tn The connotation of the Greek is “before they came together in marital and domestic union” (so BDAG 970 s.v. συνέρχομαι 3).

[1:19] ³tn Grk “husband.” See following note for discussion.

[1:19] ⁴tn Or “send her away.”