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 have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers who was hated;

If any man takes a wife, and goes in to her, and hates her,

If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marital rights.

Then let him

If the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife;

I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, didn't fear; but she also went and played the prostitute.

"It was also said, 'Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,'

They asked him, "Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?"

They said, "Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her."

Divorcement

Thus says Yahweh, "Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, with which I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were you sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.

Send her

and they shall fine him one hundred [shekels] of silver, and give them to the father of the young lady, because he has brought up an evil name on a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.

For I hate divorce," says Yahweh, the God of Israel, "and him who covers his garment with violence!" says Yahweh of Armies. "Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you don't deal treacherously.

Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.

Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.

(but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.

General references

They said, "Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her."