Deuteronomy 24:4
New English Translation
4 her first husband who divorced her is not permitted to remarry[a] her after she has become ritually impure, for that is offensive to the Lord.[b] You must not bring guilt on the land[c] that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.
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- Deuteronomy 24:4 tn Heb “to return to take her to be his wife.”
- Deuteronomy 24:4 sn The issue here is not divorce and its grounds per se but prohibition of remarriage to a mate whom one has previously divorced.
- Deuteronomy 24:4 tn Heb “cause the land to sin” (so KJV, ASV).
Deuteronomy 24:4
New International Version
4 then her first husband, who divorced her, is not allowed to marry her again after she has been defiled. That would be detestable in the eyes of the Lord. Do not bring sin upon the land the Lord(A) your God is giving you as an inheritance.
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