Divorce
Divorce
Law of marriage against - Ge 2:24; Mt 19:6
PERMITTED
- By the Mosaic law
- De 24:1 - On account of hardness of heart
- Mt 19:8
Often sought by the Jews - Mic 2:9; Mal 2:14
Sought on slight grounds - Mt 5:31; 19:3
Not allowed to those who falsely accused their wives - De 22:18,19
WOMEN
- Could obtain
- Pr 2:17; Mr 10:12 - Could marry after
- De 24:2 - Responsible for vows after
- Nu 30:9 - Married after, could not return to first husband
- De 24:3,4; Jer 3:1 - Afflicted by
- Isa 54:4,6
Priests not to marry women after - Le 21:14
Of servants, regulated by law - Ex 21:7,11
Of captives, regulated by law - De 21:13,14
Forced on those who had idolatrous wives - Ezr 10:2-17; Ne 13:23,30
Jews condemned for love of - Mal 2:14-16
Forbidden by Christ except for adultery - Mt 5:32; 19:9
Prohibition of, offended the Jews - Mt 19:10
Illustrative of God's casting off of the Jewish church - Isa 50:1; Jer 3:8
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