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