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Manna.
Marriage.
Divinely instituted Ge
2:24.
A covenant relationship Mal
2:4.
Designed for
The
expectation of the promised seed of the woman an incentive to, in the early
age Ge 3:15;
4:1.
Lawful in all 1Co
7:2,28; 1Ti 5:14.
Honourable for all Heb
13:4.
Should be only in the Lord 1Co
7:39.
Expressed by
Indissoluble
during the joint lives of the parties Mt
19:6; Ro 7:2,3; 1Co 7:39.
Early introduction of polygamy Ge
4:19.
Contracted in patriarchal age with near relations Ge
20:12; 24:24; 28:2.
Often contracted by parents for children Ge
24:49-51; 34:6,8.
Should be with consent of parents Ge
28:8; Jdj 14:2,3.
Consent of the parties necessary to Ge
24:57,58; 1Sa 18:20; 25:41.
Parents might refuse to give their children in Ex
22:17; De 7:3.
The Jews
Forbidden to contract, with their near relations. Le
18:6.
Forbidden to contract with idolaters. De
7:3,4; Jos 23:12; Ezr 9:11,12.
Often contracted with foreigners. 1Ki
11:1; Ne 13:23.
Sometimes guilty of polygamy. 1Ki
11:1,3.
Careful in contracting for their children. Ge
24:2,3; 28:1,2.
Betrothed themselves some time before. De
20:7; Jdj 14:5,7,8; Mt 1:18.
Contracted when young. Pr
2:17; Joe 1:8.
Often contracted, in their own tribe. Ex
2:1; Nu 36:6-13; Lu 1:5,27.
Obliged to contract with a brother's wife who died without seed. De
25:5; Mt 22:24.
Considered being debarred from, a reproach. Isa
4:1.
Considered being debarred from, a cause of grief. Jdj
11:38.
Often punished by being debarred from. Jer
7:34; 16:9; 25:10.
Were allowed divorce from, because of hardness of their hearts. De
24:1; Mt 19:7,8.
Exempted from going to war immediately after. De
20:7.
Priest
not to contract, with divorced or improper persons Le
21:7.
The high priest not to contract, with a widow or a divorced or profane person
Le 21:14.
Contracted at the gate and before witnesses Ru
4:1,10,11.
Modes of demanding women in Ge
24:3,4; 34:6,8; 1Sa 25:39,40.
Elder daughters usually given in, before the younger Ge
29:26.
A dowry given to the woman's parents before Ge
29:18; 34:12; 1Sa 18:27,28; Ho 3:2.
Celebrated
A
benediction pronounced after Ge
24:60; Ru 4:11,12.
The bride
The
bridegroom
Garments
provided for guests at Mt
22:12.
Infidelity of those contracted in, punished as if married De
22:23,24; Mt 1:19.
Illustrative of
Martyrdom.
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