Deu 24:1-4 | NET2full | STEP | If a man marries a woman and she does not please him because he has found something indecent in her, then he may draw up a divorce document , give it to her , and evict her from his house .

‏ Deuteronomy 24:1-4

1 If a man marries a woman and she does not please him because he has found something indecent ^{▼▼tn The Hebrew phrase עֶרְוַת דָּבָר (ʿervat davar) involves a genitive of specification, something characterized by עֶרְוָה (ʿervah). עֶרְוָה means “nakedness,” and by extension means “shame, sexual impropriety, sexual organs, indecency” (NIDOTTE III 528, Jastrow 1114-15).} in her, then he may draw up a divorce document, give it to her, and evict her from his house. 2 When she has left him ^{▼▼tn Heb “his house.”} she may go and become someone else’s wife. 3 If the second husband rejects ^{▼▼tn Heb “hates.” See note on the word “other” in Deut 21:15.} her and then divorces her, ^{▼▼tn Heb “writes her a document of divorce.”} gives her the papers, and evicts her from his house, or if the second husband who married her dies, 4 her first husband who divorced her is not permitted to remarry ^{▼▼tn Heb “to return to take her to be his wife.”} her after she has become ritually impure, for that is offensive to the Lord. ^{▼▼sn The issue here is not divorce and its grounds per se but prohibition of remarriage to a mate whom one has previously divorced.} You must not bring guilt on the land ^{▼▼tn Heb “cause the land to sin” (so KJV, ASV).} that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.