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 -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 below, 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
    28 20:28 

 -Parents contract for their children
   .Hagar selects a wife for Ishmael
       GE 21:21 
   .Abraham for Isaac
       GE 24 
   .Laban arranges for his daughters' marriage
       GE 29 
   .Samson asks his parents to procure him a wife
       JUD 14:2 

 -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
   .By purchase
       GE 29:20; RU 4:10; HO 3:2; 12:12 
   .By kidnapping
       JUD 21:21-23 

 -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
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 -See BRIDEGROOM
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 -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
    17 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
    30 5:30-32; RE 19:7-9 
   .Parables from
       MT 22:2; 25:1-10 
   .See DIVORCE
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   .See HUSBAND
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   .See WIFE
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