10 Grk “to divorce.” The pronoun has been supplied in the translation for clarity. An allusion to Deut 24:1. The Pharisees were all in agreement that the OT permitted a man to write a certificate of dismissal and divorce his wife (not vice-versa) and that remarriage was therefore sanctioned. But the two rabbinic schools of Shammai and Hillel differed on the grounds for divorce. Shammai was much stricter than Hillel and permitted divorce only in the case of sexual immorality. Hillel permitted divorce for almost any reason (cf. the , Gittin 9.10).

In other versions

They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away.”

They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.”

They said, “Moses permitted us to write divorce papers and send her away.”

“Well, he permitted it,” they replied. “He said a man can give his wife a written notice of divorce and send her away.”

So they said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away.”

And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.

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