Deuteronomy 24:1

Tree of Life Version

“Suppose a man takes a wife and marries her. Now if she doesn’t find favor in his eyes because he has found something indecent in her, he is to write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her and send her out from his house.

Cross References

Exodus 21:10

If he takes another wife, he is not to diminish her food, her clothing, or her marriage rights.

Isaiah 50:1

Thus says Adonai: “Where is the divorce certificate, by which I sent your mother away? Or to whom of My creditors did I sell you? See, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

Jeremiah 3:1

“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to be with another man, will he return to her again? Would not such a land be totally polluted? You are a prostitute with many lovers. Now are you returning to Me?” It is a declaration of Adonai.

Jeremiah 3:8

I noted that when backsliding Israel committed adultery I sent her away and gave her a certificate of divorce. Yet, unfaithful Judah, her sister, did not fear. Instead she also went and committed adultery.

Malachi 2:16

“For I hate divorce,” —says Adonai the God of Israel— “and the one who covers his garment with injustice,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot. So protect your spirit— do not act treacherously.

Numbers 5:12

“Speak to Bnei-Yisrael and say to them: Suppose some man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him,

Numbers 5:28

If, however, the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be free from guilt and be able to have children.

Matthew 1:19

And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, made up his mind to dismiss her secretly.

Luke 16:18

Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. And he who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.

Deuteronomy 21:15

“Suppose a man has two wives—the one loved and the other unloved—and both the loved and the unloved bear him sons. But it happens that the firstborn son belongs to the unloved wife.

Deuteronomy 22:13

“Suppose a man takes a wife and goes t0 her and then dislikes her,

Deuteronomy 22:19

Then they are to fine him 100 pieces of silver and give them to the father of the young woman, because he has brought an evil name on a virgin of Israel. Then she is to be his wife—he may not send her away all his days.

Deuteronomy 22:29

Then the man who lay with her is to give to the young woman’s father 50 pieces of silver, and she is to be his wife, since he has humiliated her—he may not send her away all his days.

Deuteronomy 24:2

When she leaves his house, she may go and become another man’s wife.

Deuteronomy 24:3

Now suppose the second husband dislikes her and writes her a certificate of divorce, and he hands it to her and she leaves his house—or suppose the second husband who took her to be his wife dies.