- Bible
- Exodus
- Chapter 21
- Verse 10
Exodus 21:10
If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
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Gill's Exposition
If he take him another wife,.... The father takes another wife for his son, or the son takes another wife to himself after he has betrothed and married his father's maidservant:
her food, her…
The first verse is the general title of the laws contained in this and the two following chapters, some of them relating to the religious worship of God, but most of them relating to matters between…
Third special case: if after having taken the woman as a concubine he takes another concubine as well: in that case, he must still allow his first concubine her full rights; if he does not do this, he…