John Gill Commentary Deuteronomy 20:7

"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." — Deuteronomy 20:7 (ASV)

And what man is there that has betrothed a wife, and has not
taken her ?
&c.] Home to his house and bedded with her; has only betrothed her, but is not properly married to her, the nuptials are not completed; this the Jews understand of anyone betrothed to him, whether a virgin or a widow, or the wife of a deceased brother (yea, they say, if his brother is dead in war, he returns and comes home), but not of a former wife divorced and received again ^F13 :

let him go and return to his house, lest he die in battle, and
another man take her ;
or marry her.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F13: Misn. Sotah, ib. sect. 2.