Thus says Adonai: “Where is the divorce certificate, by which I sent your mother away? Or to whom of My creditors did I sell you? See, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
Matthew 19:7 - Tree of Life Version They said to Him, “Why then did Moses command to ‘give her a certificate of divorce and put her away?’” 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 Adonai: “Where is the divorce certificate, by which I sent your mother away? Or to whom of My creditors did I sell you? See, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
I noted that when backsliding Israel committed adultery I sent her away and gave her a certificate of divorce. Yet, unfaithful Judah, her sister, did not fear. Instead she also went and committed adultery.
“For I hate divorce,” —says Adonai the God of Israel— “and the one who covers his garment with injustice,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot. So protect your spirit— do not act treacherously.
And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, made up his mind to dismiss her secretly.
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no man separate.”
Yeshua said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.
“It was said, ‘Whoever sends his wife away, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’
The Pharisees said, “Moses permitted a man to write a bill of divorce and to put her away.”