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“Priests may not marry a woman defiled by prostitution, and they may not marry a woman who is divorced from her husband, for the priests are set apart as holy to their God.
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He may not marry a widow, a woman who is divorced, or a woman who has defiled herself by prostitution. She must be a virgin from his own clan,
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But if she becomes a widow or is divorced and has no children to support her, and she returns to live in her father’s home as in her youth, she may eat her father’s food again. Otherwise, no one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offerings.
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If, however, a woman is a widow or is divorced, she must fulfill all her vows and pledges.
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They must also fine him 100 pieces of silver, which he must pay to the woman’s father because he publicly accused a virgin of Israel of shameful conduct. The woman will then remain the man’s wife, and he may never divorce her.
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he must pay her father fifty pieces of silver. Then he must marry the young woman because he violated her, and he may never divorce her as long as he lives.
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“Suppose a man marries a woman but she does not please him. Having discovered something wrong with her, he writes a document of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house.
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But if the second husband also turns against her, writes a document of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away, or if he dies,
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After Shaharaim divorced his wives Hushim and Baara, he had children in the land of Moab.
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Let us now make a covenant with our God to divorce our pagan wives and to send them away with their children. We will follow the advice given by you and by the others who respect the commands of our God. Let it be done according to the Law of God.
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They vowed to divorce their wives, and they each acknowledged their guilt by offering a ram as a guilt offering.
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This is what the Lord says: “Was your mother sent away because I divorced her? Did I sell you as slaves to my creditors? No, you were sold because of your sins. And your mother, too, was taken because of your sins.
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“If a man divorces a woman and she goes and marries someone else, he will not take her back again, for that would surely corrupt the land. But you have prostituted yourself with many lovers, so why are you trying to come back to me?” says the Lord.
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She saw that I divorced faithless Israel because of her adultery. But that treacherous sister Judah had no fear, and now she, too, has left me and given herself to prostitution.
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They may choose their wives only from among the virgins of Israel or the widows of the priests. They may not marry other widows or divorced women.
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“For I hate divorce!” says the Lord, the God of Israel. “To divorce your wife is to overwhelm her with cruelty,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “So guard your heart; do not be unfaithful to your wife.”
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Teaching about Divorce
“You have heard the law that says, ‘A man can divorce his wife by merely giving her a written notice of divorce.’
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But I say that a man who divorces his wife, unless she has been unfaithful, causes her to commit adultery. And anyone who marries a divorced woman also commits adultery.
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Discussion about Divorce and Marriage
When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went down to the region of Judea east of the Jordan River.
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Some Pharisees came and tried to trap him with this question: “Should a man be allowed to divorce his wife for just any reason?”
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“Then why did Moses say in the law that a man could give his wife a written notice of divorce and send her away?” they asked.
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Jesus replied, “Moses permitted divorce only as a concession to your hard hearts, but it was not what God had originally intended.
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And I tell you this, whoever divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery—unless his wife has been unfaithful.”
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Discussion about Divorce and Marriage
Then Jesus left Capernaum and went down to the region of Judea and into the area east of the Jordan River. Once again crowds gathered around him, and as usual he was teaching them.
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Some Pharisees came and tried to trap him with this question: “Should a man be allowed to divorce his wife?”
