Leviticus 18:18

wife. or, one wife to another.

Ge 4:19; 29:28; Ex 26:3

to vex her.

Ge 30:15; 1Sa 1:6-8; Mal 2:15

Matthew 19:5-6

said.

Ge 2:21-24; Ps 45:10; Mr 10:5-9; Eph 5:31

cleave.[Proskollao ,] "shall be cemented to his wife," as the Hebrew davak implies; a beautiful metaphor, forcibly intimating that nothing but death can separate them.

Ge 34:3; De 4:4; 10:20; 11:22; 1Sa 18:1; 2Sa 1:26; 1Ki 11:2; Ps 63:8

Ro 12:9

and they.

1Co 6:16; 7:2,4

God.

Pr 2:17; Mal 2:14; Mr 10:9; Ro 7:2; 1Co 7:10-14; Eph 5:28; Heb 13:4

hath.[Zeugos ,] "hath yoked together," as oxen in the plough, where each must pull equally in order to bring it on. Among the ancients, they put a yoke upon the necks of a new married couple, or chains on their arms, to shew that they were to be one, closely united, and pulling equally together in all the concerns of life.
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