Deuteronomy 24:2
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If, after leaving his house, she goes and becomes another man’s wife,
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He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,
A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
But if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it.
Every vow a widow or divorced woman pledges to fulfill is binding on her.
But if the unbeliever leaves, let him go. The believing brother or sister is not bound in such cases. God has called you to live in peace.
But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest.
So He told them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.