Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is divorced: but they shall take maidens of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest.
Deuteronomy 24:2 - King James 2000 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 divorced: but they shall take maidens of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest.
A widow, or a divorced woman, or defiled, or a harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people as wife.
They shall not take a wife that is a harlot, or is defiled; 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 food: but there shall no stranger eat of it.
But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, with which they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, except for the cause of fornication, causes her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced commits adultery.
And he said unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, commits 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 has called us to peace.
When a man has taken a wife, and married her, and it comes to pass that she finds no favor in his eyes, because he has found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
And if the latter husband hates her, and writes her a bill of divorcement, and puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house; or if the latter husband dies, who took her to be his wife;