Mark 10:4
And they said, Moshe Rabbeinu made it mutar (permissible) for a man to write SEFER KERITUT (a get, bill of divorcement) and to send her away (dismiss her, divorce her). + 10:4 Dt 24:1-4
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:1When an ish hath taken an isha, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no chen (favor) in his eyes, because he hath found some ervat davar (matter of immorality) in her; then let him write her a sefer keritut and give it in her hand, and send her out of his bais;
Jeremiah 3:1They say: 1 If an ish put away [in divorce] his isha, 1 and she go from him, 1 and become another manʼs, 1 shall he return unto her again? 1 Shall not that eretz be defiled and greatly polluted? 1 But thou hast played the zonah with re'im rabbim (many lovers); 1 yet shuv (turn) to Me, saith Hashem. 1
Matthew 5:31It was also said, Whoever divorces his wife, let him give to her a “get,” a SEFER KERITUT + 5:31 Dt 24:1 (bill of divorce).
Matthew Henry on Mark 10:2-13
The Doctrine of Divorce. 1 And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judæa by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again. 2 And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him. 3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you? 4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. 5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of… Read the whole commentary →