They shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman but only a virgin of the stock of the house of Israel or a widow who is the widow of a priest.
Deuteronomy 24:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 she then leaves his house and goes off to become another man’s wife. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when she departs out of his house she goes and marries another man, American Standard Version (1901) And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s wife. Common English Bible She leaves his house and ends up marrying someone else. Catholic Public Domain Version And when, having departed, she has married another, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when she is departed, and marrieth another husband: |
They shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman but only a virgin of the stock of the house of Israel or a widow who is the widow of a priest.
A widow or a divorced woman or a woman who has been defiled, a prostitute—these he shall not marry. He shall marry a virgin of his own people,
They shall not marry a prostitute or a woman who has been defiled; neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband. For they are holy to their God,
but if a priest’s daughter is widowed or divorced, without offspring, and returns to her father’s house, as in her youth, she may eat of her father’s food. No layperson shall eat of it.
(But every vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, by which she has bound herself, shall be binding upon her.)
But I say to you that anyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her,
But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so; in such a case the brother or sister is not bound. It is to peace that God has called us.
“Suppose a man enters into marriage with a woman but she does not please him because he finds something objectionable about her, so he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house;
Then suppose the second man dislikes her, writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house (or the second man who married her dies):