“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.”
Then her first husband, who sent her away, is not permitted to take her again to be his wife after she has been defiled; for that would be abhorrent before the LORD, and you shall not bring guilt upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you — the first husband's permanent prohibition is striking: remarriage to a divorced-and-remarried woman is 'to'evah' (abomination). She is 'defiled' (tum'ah) not by infidelity but by covenant-breaking through the second marriage; the covenant between first husband and wife is severed irreversibly.
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