And if she goes and becomes another man’s wife: the text does not say how this happened. It only states that it has happened: “and gets married again.” In certain languages this will be stated as “If some other man takes her as his wife.”

Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Deuteronomy. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2000. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .