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Marriage and Divorce Laws

Deuteronomy 24:2

In 11 translations

BSB
If, after leaving his house, she goes and becomes another man’s wife,
KJV
And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s wife.
WEB
When she has departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s wife.
ASV
And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s wife.
LSV
when she has gone out of his house, and has gone and been another man’s,
YLT
and she hath gone out of his house, and hath gone and been another man's,
DBY
And she shall depart out of his house, and go away, and may become another man's wife.
DRC
And when she is departed, and marrieth another husband,
GNV
And when she is departed out of his house, and gone her way, and marrie with an other man,
JPS
and she departeth out of his house, and goeth and becometh another man's wife,
LXXE
And if she should go away and be married to another man;

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְיָצְאָ֖ה מִבֵּית֑וֹ וְהָלְכָ֖ה וְהָיְתָ֥ה לְאִישׁ־אַחֵֽר׃
LXX-Br
καὶ ἀπελθοῦσα γένηται ἀνδρὶ ἑτέρῳ,

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Leviticus 22:13But if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it.
  • Numbers 30:9Every vow a widow or divorced woman pledges to fulfill is binding on her.
  • 1 Corinthians 7:15But if the unbeliever leaves, let him go. The believing brother or sister is not bound in such cases. God has called you to live in peace.
  • Matthew 5:32But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
  • Mark 10:11So He told them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.
  • Leviticus 21:7A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
  • Leviticus 21:14He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,
  • Ezekiel 44:22And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest.

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