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Day 71: The Source of the Law (2023)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

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Laws Concerning Marriage and Divorce

In the book of Deuteronomy, chapter 24 and 25, chapter 24, Laws concerning marriage and divorce. When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be charged with any business. He shall be free at home one year to be happy with his wife whom he has taken. And you shall not bring guilt upon the land which the Lord your God gives you for your inheritance. If she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her,  he writes her a bill of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house. Or if the latter husband dies who took her to be his wife, then

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