Matthew 19:7
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“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”
Read Matthew 19:7 Using Other Translations
They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
They said to him, "Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?"
“Then why did Moses say in the law that a man could give his wife a written notice of divorce and send her away?” they asked.
What does Matthew 19:7 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Matthew 19:7
They say unto him
That is the Pharisees, who object the law of Moses to him, hoping
hereby to ensnare him, and expose him to the resentment of the
people, should he reject that, as they supposed he would;
why did Moses then command to give a writing of
divorcement, and
put her away?
referring to ( Deuteronomy
24:1 ) which they thought to be a contradiction, and what
they knew not how to reconcile to the doctrine Christ had
delivered, concerning the original institution of marriage, and
the close union there is between a man and his wife, by virtue of
it, and which is not to be dissolved by men. Concerning a writing
of divorcement and the form, and manner of it, (See Gill on
Matthew
5:31)
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