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If the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife;
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A Concession, Not a Command
Commentators stress that this law on divorce was not God's ideal for marriage. Citing Jesus' words in Matthew 19, they explain it was a concession Moses permitted "because of the hardness of your hearts." The law's purpose was to regulate and limit the damage of an existing cultural practice, not to establish divorce as a positive good.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
In this and the next chapter, certain particular rights and duties—domestic, social, and civil—are treated. The cases brought forward often have no…
19th Century
Anglican
Deuteronomy 24:1–4. DIVORCE.
Some uncleanness. —Evidently, mere caprice and dislike are not in…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And [if] the latter husband hate her Or less loves her than another woman, and she is disliked by him as she was by …
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