Deuteronomy 24:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

Hath taken

Deuteronomy 21:15

Deuteronomy 22:13

Exodus 21:10

Then let him

Mark 10:4

Divorcement

Isaiah 50:1

Send her

1 Corinthians 7:11

General references

Mark 10:4

Bible References

Hath taken

"If a man has two wives, [and] the one [is] loved and the [other] one [is] disliked and the one loved and the one that is disliked have borne for him sons, if it happens [that] the firstborn son {belongs to the one that is disliked},

"If a man takes a woman and {he has sex with her}, but [he] then {dislikes her},

If he takes for himself another, he will not reduce her food, her clothing, or her right of cohabitation.

Then let him

and [then] the second man dislikes her and he writes her a letter of divorce and places [it] into her hand and sends her from his house, or if the second man dies who took her {to himself} as a wife,

And I saw that {for this very reason, that} on account of apostate Israel committing adultery I divorced her and gave the letter of divorce to her. Yet her treacherous sister Judah was not afraid and she went and prostituted [herself] also.

"And it was said, 'Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.'

They said to him, "Why then did Moses command [us] to give a document--a certificate of divorce--and to divorce her?"

So they said, "Moses permitted [a man] to write a certificate of divorce and to send [her] away."

Divorcement

Thus says Yahweh: "Where [is] this divorce document of your mother's divorce, [with] which I dismissed her? or to whom of my creditors did I sell you? Look! you were sold because of your sin, and your mother was dismissed because of your transgressions.

Send her

Then they shall fine him hundred [shekels of] silver, and they shall give [them] to the father of the young woman, for {he defamed an Israelite young woman}, and {she shall become his wife}; he will not be allowed {to divorce her} all his days.

"For hate divorce," says Yahweh, the God of Israel, "and he [who] covers his clothing [with] violence," says Yahweh of hosts. "{You must be attentive to} your spirit and you must not be unfaithful."

So Joseph her husband, being righteous and not wanting to disgrace her, intended to divorce her secretly.

"Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from [her] husband commits adultery.

But if indeed she does separate, she must remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce [his] wife.

General references

So they said, "Moses permitted [a man] to write a certificate of divorce and to send [her] away."