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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; Jud 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

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

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