Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
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Bible References
General references
Deuteronomy 24:1
If a man marries a woman and she does not please him because he has found something offensive in her, then he may draw up a divorce document, give it to her, and evict her from his house.
Isaiah 50:1
This is what the Lord says: "Where is your mother's divorce certificate by which I divorced her? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold because of your sins; because of your rebellious acts I divorced your mother.
Jeremiah 3:1
"If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and becomes another man's wife, he may not take her back again. Doing that would utterly defile the land. But you, Israel, have given yourself as a prostitute to many gods. So what makes you think you can return to me?" says the Lord.
Matthew 1:19
Because Joseph, her husband to be, was a righteous man, and because he did not want to disgrace her, he intended to divorce her privately.
Matthew 5:31
"It was said, 'Whoever divorces his wife must give her a legal document.'
Matthew 19:7
They said to him, "Why then did Moses command us to give a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her?"