Certificate of Divorce

Legal RecordBiblical Theology

Moses' law required a written certificate of divorce as a legal protection, but Jesus reframes the provision as a concession to hardness of heart, not as God's design for marriage from the beginning.

Primary verses · Deut 24:1; Matt 19:7–8

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An illuminated Jewish ketubah, the marriage contract whose negation is the certificate of divorce.

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“Moses' law required a written certificate of divorce as a legal protection, but Jesus reframes the provision as a concession to hardness of heart, not as God's design for marriage from the beginning.”

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