Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
General references
Bible References
General references
Deuteronomy 24:1
If a man takes a wife, and after they are married she is unpleasing to him because of some bad quality in her, let him give her a statement in writing and send her away from his house.
Isaiah 50:1
This is the word of the Lord: Where is the statement which I gave your mother when I put her away? or to which of my creditors have I given you for money? It was for your sins that you were given into the hands of others, and for your evil-doing was your mother put away.
Jeremiah 3:1
They say, If a man puts away his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's, will he go back to her again? will not that land have been made unclean? but though you have been acting like a loose woman with a number of lovers, will you now come back to me? says the Lord.
Matthew 1:19
And Joseph, her husband, being an upright man, and not desiring to make her a public example, had a mind to put her away privately.
Matthew 5:31
Again, it was said, Whoever puts away his wife has to give her a statement in writing for this purpose:
Matthew 19:7
They say to him, Why then did Moses give orders that a husband might give her a statement in writing and be free from her?