Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.
Deuteronomy 24:2 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife. More versionsKing 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: |
Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.
A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or a harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.
They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.
But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
but I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favor 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.
And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife;