Matthew 19:7
They say to him, Why then did Moshe Rabbenu give the mitzvah to give the get, the sefer keritut, and send her away?
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 50:1Thus saith Hashem: 1 Where is the Sefer Keritut (Bill of Divorce) 1 by which I sent your Em (Mother) away? 1 Or which Nosheh (Creditor) of Mine is it 1 to whom I have sold you [into slavery]? 1 Behold, for your avonot (iniquities) have ye been sold, 1 and for your peysha'im (rebellions) was your Em sent away. 1
Malachi 2:16For Hashem Elohei Yisroel saith 1 that He hateth putting away: 1 for it covereth oneʼs garment with chamas (violence), 1 saith the Hashem Tzva'os: 1 therefore, be shomer of your ruach, 1 that ye deal not treacherously, breaking faith. 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 Matthew 19:4-13
The Law of Divorce. 3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put… Read the whole commentary →