Deuteronomy 24:1

24:1 If a man marries a woman and she does not please him because he has found something offensive ¹  in her, then he may draw up a divorce document, give it to her, and evict her from his house.

Deuteronomy 31:17

31:17 At that time ²  my anger will erupt against them ³  and I will abandon them and hide my face from them until they are devoured. Many disasters and distresses will overcome ⁴  them ⁵  so that they ⁶  will say at that time, ‘Have not these disasters ⁷  overcome us ⁸  because our ⁹  God is not among us ¹⁰ ?’

[24:1]  ¹ tn Heb “nakedness of a thing.” The Hebrew phrase עֶרְוַת דָּבָר (’ervat davar) refers here to some gross sexual impropriety (see note on “indecent” in Deut 23:14). Though the term usually has to do only with indecent exposure of the genitals, it can also include such behavior as adultery (cf. Lev 18:6-18; 20:11, 17, 20-21; Ezek 22:10; 23:29; Hos 2:10).

[31:17]  ² tn Heb “on that day.” This same expression also appears later in the verse and in v. 18.

[31:17]  ³ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “find,” “encounter.”

[31:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “he.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “they.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “evils.”

[31:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “me.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “us,” which is necessary in any case in the translation because of contemporary English style.

[31:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “my.”

[31:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “me.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “us,” which is necessary in any case in the translation because of contemporary English style.