Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5650 Human relationships » 5662 certificate of divorce A certificate of divorce was required under Mosaic law Mark 10:4 pp Matthew 19:7 The certificate provided a divorced wife with some legal protection and permitted her to remarry. See also Deuteronomy 24:1-4; Hosea 2:2 These words may have been adapted from a divorce bill; Matthew 5:31 God gave his unfaithful people a certificate of divorce Jeremiah 3:8 See also Isaiah 50:1 Unlike Israel, Judah had been given no certificate of divorce. The exile is thus portrayed as only a temporary separation. See also
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