Why? Why then? Moses. See note on Matthew 8:4.
command, &c. Not till the close of the forty years.
writing.. bill. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 24:1). See App-117.
Related Commentaries of Matthew 19:7
Matthew 19:7
7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?