Deuteronomy 24:3

New Century Version

but her second husband does not like her either. So he writes out divorce papers for her, gives them to her, and sends her away from his house. Or the second husband might die.

Cross References

Isaiah 50:1

This is what the Lord says: “People of Israel, you say I divorced your mother. Then where is the paper that proves it? Or do you think I sold you to pay a debt? Because of the evil things you did, I sold you. Because of the times she turned against me, your mother was sent away.

Jeremiah 3:8

Judah saw that I divorced unfaithful Israel because of her adultery, but that didn’t make Israel’s wicked sister Judah afraid. She also went out and acted like a prostitute!

Matthew 5:31

“It was also said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a written divorce paper.’

Mark 10:4

They said, “Moses allowed a man to write out divorce papers and send her away.”

Deuteronomy 24:1

A man might marry a woman but later decide she doesn’t please him because he has found something bad about her. He writes out divorce papers for her, gives them to her, and sends her away from his house.

Deuteronomy 24:2

After she leaves his house, she goes and marries another man,

Deuteronomy 24:4

In either case, her first husband who divorced her must not marry her again, because she has become unclean. The Lord would hate this. Don’t bring this sin into the land the Lord your God is giving you as your own.