Deuteronomy 24:1
When a man taketh a woman, and marrieth her, then shall it be, if she find not favour in his eyes, because he hath found in her some matter of shame, that he shall write her a scroll of divorcement, and put it into her hand, and shall send her forth, out of his house.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2And, when she cometh forth out of his house, then may she go her way, and become another man’s.
Cross References
Exodus 21:10If he take to himself another, her food her clothing, and her marriage-right, shall he not withdraw.
Deuteronomy 22:13When a man taketh a wife,—and goeth in unto her and hateth her;
Deuteronomy 22:29then shall the man who lay with her give unto the damsel’s father fifty shekels of silver,—and she shall be, his, wife, because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away, all his days.
Isaiah 50:1Thus, saith Yahweh—Where then is the scroll of your mother’s divorce, whom I have put away? Or, which of my creditors, is it to whom I have sold you? Lo! for your iniquities, have ye been sold, And for your transgressions, hath your mother been put away.
Jeremiah 3:8Though she saw that for all this, apostate Israel having committed adultery, I had sent her away, and had given a scroll of divorcement unto her, yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but, she also, went and committed unchastity.
Matthew 1:19Moreover, Joseph her husband, being, righteous, and yet unwilling to expose her,—intended, privately, to divorce her.
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 →