Holy Scripture

Deuteronomy 24:4

Source: Septuagint

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4the former husband who sent her away shall not be able to return and take her to himself for a wife, after she has been defiled; because it is an abomination before the Lord thy God, and ye shall not defile the land, which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit.

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2And if she should go away and be married to another man;

3and the last husband should hate her, and write for her a bill of divorcement; and should give it into her hands, and send her away out of his house, and the last husband should die, who took her to himself for a wife;

— Deuteronomy 24:4 —

5And if anyone should have recently taken a wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall anything be laid upon him; he shall be free in his house; for one year he shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.

6Thou shalt not take for a pledge the under millstone, nor the upper millstone; for he who does so takes life for a pledge.

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