Matthew 19:8
He says to them, Moshe, because of your hardness of heart, permitted you to give the get to your wives; but from bereshis (in the beginning), however, it was not so.
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Genesis 2:24Therefore shall an ish leave his av and his em, and shall cleave unto his isha: and they shall be basar echad.
1 Samuel 25:43Dovid also took Achino'am of Yizre'el; and they were also both of them his nashim (wives).
Jeremiah 6:16Thus saith Hashem: 1 Stand ye in the derakhim (crossroads), and look, 1 and ask for the netivot olam (old paths), 1 where is the derech hatov (good road, way), and walk therein, 1 and ye shall find margo'a (rest) for your nefashot. 1 But they said, We will not walk therein. 1
Malachi 2:13And this too have ye done, 1 covering the mizbe'ach of Hashem with tears, 1 with weeping, and with crying out, 1 because that He regardeth not the minchah any more, 1 nor receiveth it with ratzon (good will) at your hand. 1
Matthew 8:31And the shedim begged him, saying, If you cast us out, send us into the herd of chazirim.
1 Corinthians 7:6But I say this according to concession, + 7:6 in view of 5:1-5; 6:12-20 not according to + 7:6 Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiachʼs mitzvoh.
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 →