Matthew 5:31

It 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).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

In Context

30And if your right hand causes you to commit chet, cut it off and throw it from you, for it is better for you that one of your evarim (members) be lost and not that your whole basar may go into Gehinnom.

32But I say to you that everyone divorcing his wife, except for the DVAR + 5:32 Dt 24:1 (indecent thing) of zenut (fornication), makes her become a noefet (adulteress), and whoever marries a gerusha (divorcee) commits niuf (adultery).

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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;

Matthew 19:3And the Perushim approached him with a she'elah to test him, and they asked him, Is it mutar (permissible) for a man to give a get (divorce) to his wife for any and every reason?

Mark 10:2And, having approached, the Perushim, testing him, were asking him, Is it mutar for a man to give a get (divorce) to his wife?

Matthew Henry on Matthew 5:28-33

The Sermon on the Mount. 27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: 28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. 29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it… Read the whole commentary →

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