Deuteronomy 24:1

¶ When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give [it] in her hand, and send her out of his house.

When a man {H376} hath taken {H3947} a wife {H802}, and married {H1166} her, and it come to pass that she find {H4672} no favour {H2580} in his eyes {H5869}, because he hath found {H4672} some {H1697} uncleanness {H6172} in her: then let him write {H3789} her a bill {H5612} of divorcement {H3748}, and give {H5414} it in her hand {H3027}, and send {H7971} her out of his house {H1004}.

"Suppose a man marries a woman and consummates the marriage but later finds her displeasing, because he has found her offensive in some respect. He writes her a divorce document, gives it to her and sends her away from his house.

If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.

When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

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Cross-References

  • Matthew 19:7 (10 votes)

    They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

  • Matthew 19:9 (10 votes)

    And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except [it be] for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

  • Mark 10:4 (6 votes)

    And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put [her] away.

  • Mark 10:12 (6 votes)

    And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

  • Deuteronomy 22:13 (4 votes)

    ¶ If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,

  • Deuteronomy 22:19 (4 votes)

    And they shall amerce him in an hundred [shekels] of silver, and give [them] unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.

  • Jeremiah 3:8 (4 votes)

    And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.