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Matthew 19:7The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
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λέγουσιν αὐτῷ Τί οὖν Μωυσῆς ἐνετείλατο δοῦναι βιβλίον ἀποστασίου καὶ ἀπολῦσαι;
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Matthew 19:7The Bible in Living English
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7 They said to him “Then why did Moses command that one should give her a certificate of separation and divorce her?”
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Matthew 19:7American Standard Version
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7 They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and to put her away?
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Matthew 19:7The Emphasized Bible
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7 They say unto him—Why then did Moses command, to give a writing of repudiation and to divorce?
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Matthew 19:7King James Version
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7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
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Matthew Study Notes—Chapter 19New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
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certificate of dismissal: Or “certificate of divorce.” By requiring a man who was considering divorce to prepare a legal document and likely to consult the elders, the Law gave him time to reconsider such a serious decision. The intent of the Law was evidently to prevent rash divorces and to provide women with a measure of legal protection. (De 24:1) But in Jesus’ day, religious leaders had made divorce easy to obtain. The first-century historian Josephus, himself a divorced Pharisee, suggested that divorce was allowable “for any cause whatsoever (and many such causes happen among men).”—See study note on Mt 5:31.
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