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Deuteronomy 24:4

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24:4her first husband who divorced her is not permitted to remarry5 her after she has become ritually impure, for that is offensive to the Lord.6 You must not bring guilt on the land7 which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

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  1. 5 Heb “to return to take her to be his wife.”
  2. 6 The issue here is not divorce and its grounds per se but prohibition of remarriage to a mate whom one has previously divorced.
  3. 7 Heb “cause the land to sin” (so , ).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

then her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination before the Lord. And you shall not bring sin upon the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

then her first husband, who divorced her, is not allowed to marry her again after she has been defiled. That would be detestable in the eyes of the Lord. Do not bring sin upon the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

the first husband who sent her away may not marry her again after she has been defiled, because that would be detestable to the Lord. You must not bring guilt on the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

NLTNew Living Translation

the first husband may not marry her again, for she has been defiled. That would be detestable to the Lord. You must not bring guilt upon the land the Lord your God is giving you as a special possession.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

her first husband who sent her away is not allowed to take her again to become a wife to him after she has been defiled, for that is a detestable thing before Yahweh, and so you shall not mislead into sin the land that Yahweh your God is giving to you as an inheritance.

KJV 1900King James Version

Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the Lord: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.