Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
Betrothed a wife
Lest he die
General references
Bible References
Betrothed a wife
Deuteronomy 22:23
When there shall be a maiden, a virgin, betrothed to a man, and a man found her in the city and lay with her;
Deuteronomy 24:5
When a man shall take a new wife, he shall not go out in the war, and nothing shall pass upon him for any word: he shall be free to his house one year, and gladden his wife whom he took.
Matthew 1:18
And the generation of Jesus Christ was thus: for Mary his mother having been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child by the Holy Ghost.
Lest he die
Deuteronomy 28:30
Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house and shall not dwell in it; thou shalt plant a vineyard and thou shalt not lay it open.
Luke 14:18
And from one they all began to conciliate. The first said to him, I bought a field, and have necessity to go and see it: I ask thee, have me pardoned.
2 Timothy 2:4
None making war is entangled with the affairs of life: that he may please him having enlisted him.
General references
Deuteronomy 22:23
When there shall be a maiden, a virgin, betrothed to a man, and a man found her in the city and lay with her;