Wife @ The ordinance of marriage was sanctioned in Paradise Genesis:2:24; Matthew:19:4-6). Monogamy was the original law under which man lived, but polygamy early commenced Genesis:4:19), and continued to prevail all down through Jewish history. The law of Moses regulated but did not prohibit polygamy. A man might have a plurality of wives, but a wife could have only one husband. A wife's legal rights Exodus:21:10) and her duties Proverbs:31:10-31; 1Timothy:5:14) are specified. She could be divorced in special cases Deuteronomy:22:13-21), but could not divorce her husband. Divorce was restricted by our Lord to the single case of adultery Matthew:19:3-9). The duties of husbands and wives in their relations to each other are distinctly set forth in the New Testament ( 1Corinthians:7:2-5; Ephesians:5:22-33; Colossians:3:18-19; 1Peter:3:1-7).
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