New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Divorce

• Law of marriage against Gen. 2:24; Mt. 19:6
• Permitted
  • By the Mosaic law Dt. 24:1
  • On account of hardness of heart Mt. 19:8
• Often sought by the Jews Mic. 2:9; Mal. 2:14
• Sought on slight grounds Mt. 5:31, 19:3
• Not allowed to those who falsely accused their wives Dt. 22:18, 19
• Women
  • Could obtain Pr. 2:17; Mk. 10:12
  • Could marry after Dt. 24:2
  • Responsible for vows after Num. 30:9
  • Married after, could not return to first husband Dt. 24:3, 4; Jer. 3:1
  • Afflicted by Isa. 54:4, 6
• Priests not to marry women after Lev. 21:14
• Of servants, regulated by law Ex. 21:7, 11
• Of captives, regulated by law Dt. 21:13, 14
• Forced on those who had idolatrous wives Ezra 10:2-17; Neh. 13:23, 30
• Jews condemned for love of Mal. 2:14-16
• Forbidden by Christ except for adultery Mt. 5:32, 19:9
• Prohibition of, offended the Jews Mt. 19:10
• Illustrative of God's casting off of the Jewish church Isa. 50:1; Jer. 3:8