Dictionary of Bible Themes Mark 10:4A certificate of divorce was required under Mosaic law See also pp Mt 19:7 Deuteronomy 24:1-4The certificate provided a divorced wife with some legal protection and permitted her to remarry. Hosea 2:2Matthew 5:31 These words may have been adapted from a divorce bill Jeremiah 3:8God gave his unfaithful people a certificate of divorce See also Isaiah 50:1See also Unlike Israel, Judah had been given no certificate of divorce. The exile is thus portrayed as only a temporary separation. 5675 divorce5711 marriage, restrictions 5744 wife 6242 adultery |
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