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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.

-General scriptures concerning Ex 21:7-11; De 21:10-14; 24:1-4; Ezr 10:1-16; Ne 13:23-30; Jer 3:1; Mic 2:9; Mal 2:14-16; Mt 5:31,32; 19:3-12; Mr 10:2; Lu 16:18; 1Co 7:10-17

-Disobedience of the wife to the husband, a sufficient cause for, in the Persian empire Es 1:10-22

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-FIGURATIVE Isa 50:1; 54:4; Jer 3:8