Deuteronomy 24:1
If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.
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In Context
2If, after leaving his house, she goes and becomes another man’s wife,
Cross References
Exodus 21:10If he takes another wife, he must not reduce the food, clothing, or marital rights of his first wife.
Deuteronomy 22:13Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her,
Deuteronomy 22:29then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.
Isaiah 50:1This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
Jeremiah 3:8She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.
Matthew 1:19Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 24:1
In this chapter we have, I. The toleration of divorce, ver. 1-4 . II. A discharge of new-married men from the war, ver. 5 . III. Laws concerning pledges, ver. 6 , 10-13 , 17 . IV. Against man-stealing, ver. 7 . V. Concerning the leprosy, ver. 8, 9 . VI. Against the injustice of masters towards their servants, ver. 14, 15 . Judges in capital causes ( ver. 16 ), and civil concerns, ver. 17, 18 . VII. Of charity to the poor, ver. 19 , &c. Read the whole commentary →