Marriage and Divorce Laws

1 “If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds something improper about her, he may write her a divorce certificate, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.(A) 2 If after leaving his house she goes and becomes another man’s wife, 3 and the second man hates her, writes her a divorce certificate, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house or if he(a) dies,

Footnotes:

a. Deuteronomy 24:3: Lit if the second man who has taken her as his wife

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