Midrasch zu Dewarim 24:2
וְיָצְאָ֖ה מִבֵּית֑וֹ וְהָלְכָ֖ה וְהָיְתָ֥ה לְאִישׁ־אַחֵֽר׃
und sie verlässt sein Haus und geht und wird ein anderer Mann's Frau,
Mekhilta d'Rabbi Yishmael
And whence is it derived that she (a Jewess) is acquired (as a wife) by money? R. Yishmael says: It follows a fortiori, viz.: If a Canaanite maid-servant, who is not acquired (as a maid-servant) by cohabitation (with the master), is acquired by money, then a Jewess, who is acquired (as a wife) by cohabitation, how much more so is she acquired by money! And whence do we derive (the same for acquisition of a wife by) a writ? It is written (Devarim 24:2) "Then she may go (by a writ of divorce, from her husband's house) and become another man's wife." "Becoming" is being likened to "going" — Just as going is "going" is with a writ, so, "becoming." R. Akiva says: It is written (Exodus 21:10) "If another (wife) he take for himself (in addition to the maid-servant)" — Just as the first, (the maid-servant, is taken) with money, so, the second, (the wife, is taken) with money....
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Sifrei Devarim
(Devarim 24:2) "And she shall go out of his house": We are hereby taught that the woman leaves the presence of the man (i.e., she leaves the house, not he.)
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