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.