Marriage

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

-Isaac and Rebekah Genesis 24:3, 4, 67; 28:2

-Jacob and his wives Genesis 29: 15-30

1 1; Deuteronomy 25:5-10; Ru 4:5; Matthew 22:24; Mark 12: 19-23; Luke 20:28

-Parents contract for their children .Hagar selects a wife for Ishmael Genesis 21 :21 Abraham for Isaac

Genesis 24 .Laban arranges for his daughters\’ marriage Genesis 29 .Samson asks his parents to procure him

a wife Judges 14:2

-Parents\’ consent requires in the Mosaic law Exodus 22: 17

-Presents given to parents to secure theirfavor Genesis 24:53; 34:12; Deuteronomy 22:29; 1 Samuel 18:25;

Hosea 3:2

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-Nuptial feasts Genesis 29:22; Judges 14:12; Esther 2:18; Matthew 22:1 1, 12

-Jesus present at John 2:1-5

-Ceremony attested by witnesses Ru 4: 1 -1 1 ; Isaiah 8:1-3

-The groom exempt one year from military duty Deuteronomy 24:5

-Bridal ornaments Isaiah 49: 18; Jeremiah 2:32

-Bridal presents Genesis 24:53; Psalm 45: 12

-A herald preceded the bridegroom Matthew 25:6

-Wedding robes adorned with j ewels Isaiah 61:10

-Wives obtained .By purchase Genesis 29:20; Ru 4:10; Hosea 3:2; 12:12 .By kidnapping Judges 21:21-23

-Given by Kings 1 Samuel 17:25; 18:17, 21

-Daughters given in, as rewards of valor Judges 1:12; 1 Samuel 17:25; 18:27

-Wives taken by edict Esther 2:2-4, 8-14

-David gave one hundred Philistine foreskins for a wife 2 Samuel 3:14

-Wives among the Israelites must be Israelites Exodus 34:16; Deuteronomy 7:3, 4; Ezra 9:1, 1 Chronicles

23:22; 2, 12;Nehemiah 10:30; 13:26, 27; Malachi 2:11; 1 Corinthians 7:39; 2 Corinthians 6:14

-Betrothal a quasi -marriage Matthew 1:18; Luke 1:27

-Betrothal made with the spirit Ezekiel 16:8

-Celibacy deplored Judges 1 1:38; Isaiah 4:1; Jeremiah 16:9

-Advised 1 Corinthians 7:7, 8, 24-40

-Obligations under, inferior to duty to God Deuteronomy 13:6-10; Matthew 19:29; Luke 14:26

-Not binding after death Matthew 22:29, 30; Mark 12:24, 25

GROOM

-UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Genesis 2:23, 24; Exodus 22:16, 17; 20:14, Leviticus

18:6-18; 17, 19-21; 21:1, 7, 13-15; Numbers 36:8; Deuteronomy 21:10-14; 24:1-5; Proverbs 18:22; 21:9,

19; Jeremiah 29:6; Hosea 2: 19, 20; Malachi 2:13-16; Matthew 5:31, 32; Mark 6:17, 18; 10:2-12; Matthew

19:2-9; Luke 16: 18; Romans 7: 1-3; 1 Corinthians 6:16; 7:1-40; 9:5; 11:11, 12; 1 Timothy 3:2, 12; 4:1, 3;

5:14; Hebrews 13:4

-FIGURATIVE Isaiah 54:5; 62:4, 5; Jeremiah 3:14; 31:32; Hosea 1:2; 2:19, 20; Ephesians 5:30-32;

Revelation 19:7-9 .Parables from Matthew 22:2; 25:1-10

MARS\’ HILL

-(The same as Areopagus) -A hill in Athens Acts 17:19-34