Table of Contents
Divorce
1. Law of marriage against. Ge 2:24; Mt 19:6.
2. Permitted
a. By the Mosaic law. De 24:1.
b. On account of hardness of heart. Mt 19:8.
3. Often sought by the Jews. Mic 2:9; Mal 2:14.
4. Sought on slight grounds. Mt 5:31; 19:3.
5. Not allowed to those who falsely accused their wives. De 22:18,19.
6. Women
a. Could obtain. Pr 2:17; Mr 10:12.
b. Could marry after. De 24:2.
c. Responsible for vows after. Nu 30:9.
d. Married after, could not return to first husband. De 24:3,4; Jer 3:1.
7. Priests not to marry women after. Le 21:14.
8. Of servants, regulated by law. Ex 21:7,11.
9. Of captives, regulated by law. De 21:13,14.
10. Forced on those who had idolatrous wives. Ezr 10:2-17; Ne 13:23,30.
11. Jews condemned for love of. Mal 2:14-16.
12. Forbidden by Christ except for adultery. Mt 5:32; 19:9.
13. Prohibition of, offended the Jews. Mt 19:10.
14. Illustrative of God’s casting off of the Jewish church. Isa 50:1; Jer 3:8.