7They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
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When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. …
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 3-12)We have here the law of Christ in the case of divorce, occasioned, as some other declarations of his will, by a dispute with the Pharisees . So patiently did he endure the contradiction of sinners, that he turned it into instructions to his own disciples! Observe, here I. The case proposed by the Pharisees (Matt. 19:3); Isa. it lawful for a man to put away his wife ? This they asked, tempting him,…
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