»Why then,« said they, »did Moses command the husband to give her `a written notice of divorce,' and so put her away?«
But Joseph her husband, being a kind-hearted man and unwilling publicly to disgrace her, had determined to release her privately from the betrothal.
Thus they are no longer two, but `one'! What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.«
»Moses,« He replied, »in consideration of the hardness of your nature permitted you to put away your wives, but it has not been so from the beginning.
»It was also said, `If any man puts away his wife, let him give her a written notice of divorce.'«
»Moses,« they said, »permitted a man to draw up a written notice of divorce, and to send his wife away.«