Thus says the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, with which I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were you sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.
Matthew 19:7 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) They asked him, *Why then did Moshe command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They said to Him, Why then did Moses command [us] to give a certificate of divorce and thus to dismiss and repudiate a wife? [Deut. 24:1-4.] American Standard Version (1901) They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and to put her away? Common English Bible The Pharisees said to him, “Then why did Moses command us to give a divorce certificate and divorce her?” Catholic Public Domain Version They said to him, "Then why did Moses command him to give a bill of divorce, and to separate?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They say to him: Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorce, and to put away? |
Thus says the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, with which I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were you sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.
I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Yisra'el had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorce, yet treacherous Yehudah, her sister, didn't fear; but she also went and played the prostitute.
For I hate divorce,* says the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, *and him who covers his garment with violence!* says the LORD of Armies. *Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you don't deal treacherously.
Yosef, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.
So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don't let man tear apart.*
He said to them, *Moshe, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.
*It was also said, 'Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,'
They said, *Moshe allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her.*