“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses order a man to give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”
7. Why then did Moses order? They had thought of this calumny, “Ils avoyent songe ceste calomnie pour l’avoir toute preste;” — “they had thought of this calumny, to have it all ready.” if, which was more probable, Christ should demand a proper cause to be shown in cases of divorce; for it appears that whatever God permits by his law, whose will alone establishes...
They say unto him,.... That is the Pharisees, who object the law of Moses to him, hoping hereby to ensnare him, and expose him to the resentment of the people, should he reject that, as they supposed he would; why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and put her away?
Verse 7. Why did Moses, etc. To this they objected that Moses had allowed such divorces, and if he had allowed them, they inferred that they could not be unlawful. . (e) "Why did Moses"