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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(turning asunder). Allowed by Mosaic
law
({vi 5527-5530}Deut. 24:1-4), yet forbidden in certain cases ({vi 5490;5500}Deut. 22:19,29).
God
hates
divorce
. Christ allowed divorce in the case of
adultery
({vi 23266-23267;23772}Matt. 5:31-32; 19:9; Mark 10:11; Luke 16:18).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
This was explained by the
Lord
.
Moses
had suffered a
man
to
put
away his wife for any cause, as we see in {vi 5527;5529}Deuteronomy 24:1,3; but the Lord maintained
God
’s original
ordinance
that what God had joined together, man had no right to put asunder, therefore a man must not put away his wife except for
fornication
, when she herself had broken the bond ({vi 23266-23267}Matt. 5:31-32;
Mark
19:3-9). A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT must be given to the
woman
, the drawing up of which, and having it witnessed, was some little check upon a man’s hasty temper.
Divorce is used symbolically to express God’s action in putting away
Israel
, who had been grossly unfaithful, and giving her a bill of divorcement (Isa. 50:1; Jer. 3:8).