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General Information:
Moses continues speaking to the people of Israel.
When a man takes a wife and marries her
The phrases "takes a wife" and "marries her" mean the same thing. AT: "When a man marries a woman" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet)
if she finds no favor in his eyes
Here the "eyes" represent the whole person. AT: "if he decides that he does not like her" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)
because he has found some unsuitable thing in her
"because for some reason he has decided that he does not want to keep her"
he must write her a certificate of divorce
"he must give his wife an official paper saying that they are not married anymore"
she may go and be another man's wife
"she may go and marry another man"