6 Bible Verses about divorce, in OT
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why then, said they, did Moses permit to give a writ of divorce to repudiate the wife?
It hath been said, whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce.
and he answered them, have ye not read, that when the creator, at the beginning, made male and female, he said, "for this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and be attach'd to his wife: and they two shall be one flesh?" so that they are not now two, but one. what therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.read more.
why then, said they, did Moses permit to give a writ of divorce to repudiate the wife? he answer'd them, 'twas because of your perverse temper that Moses suffered you to repudiate your wives: but from the beginning this was not in practice.
but Jesus answered them, it was out of regard to your untractable temper, that Moses gave you this permission. for in the beginning of the world God formed them male and female. "wherefore, 'tis said, a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh."read more.
consequently they are no longer two, but one person. let no man therefore separate what God has designed to be one.
The Pharisees likewise came to him, and maliciously propos'd this question, may a man lawfully put away his wife at discretion?
