They replied, “Moses allowed us to provide a legal divorce decree and [then] to divorce her.”
Now Joseph, her husband [to be], being a man who did what was right, and not wanting to make a public spectacle out of her, decided to break off their engagement privately.
They replied, “Why then did Moses order [a man] to provide a legal divorce decree [Deut. 24:1], and then divorce his wife?”
And He answered them, “What did Moses command you [to do]?”