tempting him] Seeking to entrap him, as chap. 22. 16, 36. If he should pronounce all divorces lawfull, he should go contrary to his own doctrine, chap. 5. 32. and allow of the loosnesse of the Jews, who put away their wives on slight causes, oftentimes. If he should not allow of them, he should seem to be contrary to Moses, and crosse a multitude of the Jews, who practised it. to put away his wife] To give her a bill of divorce, and so dismisse her. for every cause] Or, for any cause, as Psalms 103:2. and Psalms 147:20.