Matthew 19:7 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 19:7

They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

KJV

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ASV

They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and to put her away?

WEB

“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses order a man to give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”

YLT

They say to him, `Why then did Moses command to give a roll of divorce, and to put her away?'

DBT

They say to him, Why then did Moses command to give a letter of divorce and to send [her] away?

About this book

New Testament

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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Cross-references

8 verses on the floor

Matthew 5:31
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
Deuteronomy 24:1–4
When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
Mark 10:4
And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
Malachi 2:16
For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
Matthew 1:19
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Draft selections — awaiting the founder’s edit.

Further observe, The law of Moses considered the hardness of men's hearts, but the gospel of Christ cures it; and his grace takes away the heart of stone, and gives a heart of flesh. By the law was the knowledge of sin, but by the gospel was the conquest of it. He reduces them to the original institution;

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Why did Moses command - Christ replies, Moses permitted (not commanded) it, because of the hardness of your hearts - Because neither your fathers nor you could bear the more excellent way.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

G178114× in canon G63063× in canon G347578× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

MAT 19:7MAT 5:31 DEU 24:1-4
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
MAT 19:7MAT 5:31 JER 3:1
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MAT 19:7MAL 2:16 MAT 5:31-32
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MAT 19:7MAL 2:16 MAT 19:3-9
MAT 19:7MAT 5:31 MRK 10:2-9
MAT 19:7MAT 5:31 MAT 19:3
MAT 19:7MAT 1:19 DEU 22:21-24
MAT 19:7MAL 2:16 MRK 10:2-12

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