“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses order a man to give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”
Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her,
This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
They answered, “Moses permitted a man to write his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away.”
…then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.
They are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given a virgin of Israel a bad name. And she shall remain his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.
She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.
…and the second man hates her, writes her a certificate of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house, or if he dies,
If he takes another wife, he must not reduce the food, clothing, or marital rights of his first wife.
But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.
“For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.
Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly.