Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

General references

Bible References

The woman

Genesis 2:23
And the man said:

This one, at last, is bone of my bone
and flesh of my flesh;
this one will be called “woman,”
for she was taken from man.
Numbers 30:7
and her husband hears about it and says nothing to her when he finds out, her vows are binding, and the obligations she put herself under are binding.
1 Corinthians 7:4
A wife does not have the right over her own body, but her husband does. In the same way, a husband does not have the right over his own body, but his wife does.

General references

Exodus 20:14
Do not commit adultery.
Numbers 30:9
“Every vow a widow or divorced woman puts herself under is binding on her.
Mark 10:9
Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate.”

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