Deuteronomy 24:1

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24 If a man marries a woman and she does not please him because he has found something indecent^[a] in her, then he may draw up a divorce document, give it to her, and evict her from his house.

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Deuteronomy 24:1 tn The Hebrew phrase עֶרְוַת דָּבָר (ʿervat davar) involves a genitive of specification, something characterized by עֶרְוָה (ʿervah). עֶרְוָה means “nakedness,” and by extension means “shame, sexual impropriety, sexual organs, indecency” (NIDOTTE III 528, Jastrow 1114-15).

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