Law of Divorce

24 “When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens, if she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some (A)indecency in her, that (B)he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and [a]sends her away from his house,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 24:1 Or dismisses her

24 If a man marries a woman who becomes displeasing to him(A) because he finds something indecent about her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce,(B) gives it to her and sends her from his house,

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and the latter husband [a]turns against her, writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand, and [b]sends her away from his house, or if the latter husband who took her to be his wife dies,

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  1. Deuteronomy 24:3 Lit hates her
  2. Deuteronomy 24:3 Or dismisses her

and her second husband dislikes her and writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, or if he dies,

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31 “Now it was said, ‘(A)Whoever sends his wife away is to give her a certificate of divorce’;

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Divorce

31 “It has been said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:31 Deut. 24:1