Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.

Bible References

General references

Deuteronomy 24:1
“When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out from his house,
Isaiah 50:1
Thus says the Lord,
“Where is the certificate of divorce
By which I have sent your mother away?
Or to whom of My creditors did I sell you?
Behold, you were sold for your iniquities,
And for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
Jeremiah 3:1
God says, “If a husband divorces his wife
And she goes from him
And belongs to another man,
Will he still return to her?
Will not that land be completely polluted?
But you are a harlot with many lovers;
Yet you turn to Me,” declares the Lord.
Matthew 1:19
And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned to send her away secretly.
Matthew 5:31
“It was said, ‘Whoever sends his wife away, let him give her a certificate of divorce’;
Matthew 19:7
They *said to Him, “Why then did Moses command to give her a certificate of divorce and send her away?”