Deuteronomy 24:1

“If any man takes a wife and goes in to her and then turns against her,

Thus says Yahweh, “Where is the certificate of divorce By which I have sent your mother away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Behold, you were sold for your iniquities, And for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

God says, “If a husband divorces his wife And she goes from him And belongs to another man, Will he still return to her? Will not that land be completely polluted? But you are a harlot with many lovers; Yet you turn to Me,” declares Yahweh.

“And I saw that for all the adulteries of faithless Israel, I had sent her away and given her a certificate of divorce, yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear; but she went and was a harlot also.

“For I hate divorce,” says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “and him who covers his garment with wrong,” says Yahweh of hosts. “Be careful then to keep your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.”

And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned to send her away secretly.

“Now it was said, ‘Whoever sends his wife away, let him give her a certificate of divorce’;

They *said to Him, “Why then did Moses command to give her a certificate of divorce and send her away?”

And they said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.”

Statutes About Divorce