Mark - 10:4

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4 They said, "Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her."

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Explanation and meaning of Mark 10:4.

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And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
Who said: Moses permitted to write a bill of divorce, and to put her away.
And they said, Moses allowed to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.
and they said, 'Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.'
"Moses," they said, "permitted a man to draw up a written notice of divorce, and to send his wife away."
And they said to him, Moses let us give her a statement in writing, and be free from her.
And they said, "Moses gave permission to write a bill of divorce and to dismiss her."
"Moses," they said, "permitted a man to draw up in writing a notice of separation and divorce his wife."

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And they said,.... By way of reply,
Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away, Moses did not command them to divorce their wives, only suffered them to do so: and gave orders that if they could not bear that they should live with them, but would divorce them, that they should give them a bill, which should certify, they were so divorced, and then send them out of their houses, free to marry other men; this law, or permission, is in Deuteronomy 24:1, of the form of a bill of divorcement, See Gill on Matthew 5:31.

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