Verse 7

They said to him, Why did then Moses commaund to giue a bill of diuorcement, and to put her away?

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 24:1-4 : 1 When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, if so be shee finde no fauour in his eyes, because hee hath espyed some filthinesse in her, then let him write her a bill of diuorcement, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house. 2 And when she is departed out of his house, & gone her way, and marrie with an other man, 3 And if the latter husband hate her, & write her a letter of diuorcement, & put it in her hand, and send her out of his house, or if the latter man die which tooke her to wife: 4 Then her first husband, which sent her away, may not take her againe to be his wife, after that she is defiled: for that is abomination in the sight of the Lord, and thou shalt not cause the land to sinne, which the Lord thy God doeth giue thee to inherite.
  • Matt 5:31 : 31 It hath bene sayd also, Whosoeuer shall put away his wife, let him giue her a bill of diuorcement.
  • Mark 10:4 : 4 And they sayd, Moses suffered to write a bill of diuorcement, and to put her away.
  • Isa 50:1 : 1 Thus sayeth the Lorde, Where is that bill of your mothers diuorcement, whome I haue cast off? or who is the creditour to whome I solde you? Beholde, for your iniquities are yee solde, and because of your transgressions is your mother forsaken.
  • Jer 3:8 : 8 When I sawe, howe that by all occasions rebellious Israel had plaied the harlot, I cast her away, and gaue her a bill of diuorcement: yet her rebellious sister Iudah was not afraied, but shee went also, and plaied the harlot.
  • Mal 2:16 : 16 If thou hatest her, put her away, sayeth the Lorde God of Israel, yet he couereth the iniurie vnder his garment, saieth the Lord of hosts: therefore keepe your selues in your spirite, and transgresse not.
  • Matt 1:19 : 19 Then Ioseph her husbande being a iust man, and not willing to make her a publike example, was minded to put her away secretly.