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Marriage


Consanguinous, Abraham and Sarah—Ge 11:29; 12:13; 20:3,9-16

Isaac and Rebekah—Ge 24:3,4,67; 28:2

Jacob and his wives—Ge 29:15-30

See in the elaborated text

Levirate (the brother required to marry a brother's widow)—Ge 38:8,11; De 25:5-10; Ru 4:5; Mt 22:24; Mr 12:19-23; Lu 20:28

Parents contract for their children

Parents' consent requires in the Mosaic law—Ex 22:17

Presents given to parents to secure their favor—Ge 24:53; 34:12; De 22:29; 1Sa 18:25; Ho 3:2

Nuptial feasts—Ge 29:22; Jud 14:12; Es 2:18; Mt 22:11,12

Jesus present at—Joh 2:1-5

Ceremony attested by witnesses—Ru 4:1-11; Isa 8:1-3

The groom exempt one year from military duty—De 24:5

Bridal ornaments—Isa 49:18; Jer 2:32

Bridal presents—Ge 24:53; Ps 45:12

A herald preceded the bridegroom—Mt 25:6

Wedding robes adorned with jewels—Isa 61:10

Wives obtained

Given by Kings—1Sa 17:25; 18:17,21

Daughters given in, as rewards of valor—Jud 1:12; 1Sa 17:25; 18:27

Wives taken by edict—Es 2:2-4,8-14

David gave one hundred Philistine foreskins for a wife—2Sa 3:14

Wives among the Israelites must be Israelites—Ex 34:16; De 7:3,4; 1Ch 23:22; Ezr 9:1,2,12; Ne 10:30; 13:26,27; Mal 2:11; 1Co 7:39; 2Co 6:14

Betrothal a quasi-marriage—Mt 1:18; Lu 1:27

Betrothal made with the spirit—Eze 16:8

Celibacy deplored—Jud 11:38; Isa 4:1; Jer 16:9

Advised—1Co 7:7,8,24-40

Obligations under, inferior to duty to God—De 13:6-10; Mt 19:29; Lu 14:26

Not binding after death—Mt 22:29,30; Mr 12:24,25

See BRIDE

See BRIDEGROOM

UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO—Ge 2:23,24; Ex 22:16,17; Le 18:6-18; 20:14,17,19-21; 21:1,7,13-15; Nu 36:8; De 21:10-14; 24:1-5; Pr 18:22; 21:9,19; Jer 29:6; Ho 2:19,20; Mal 2:13-16; Mt 5:31,32; Mr 6:17,18; 10:2-12; Mt 19:2-9; Lu 16:18; Ro 7:1-3; 1Co 6:16; 7:1-40; 9:5; 11:11,12; 1Ti 3:2,12; 4:1,3; 5:14; Heb 13:4

FIGURATIVE—Isa 54:5; 62:4,5; Jer 3:14; 31:32; Ho 1:2; 2:19,20; Eph 5:30-32; Re 19:7-9