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A Wife's Rights Protected
This law protects a wife if her husband takes an additional wife. Commentators explain that her rights to food, clothing, and marital intimacy (he "duty of marriage") must not be diminished. This highlights God's concern for justice and the dignity of wives, ensuring they are not neglected or abandoned within a marriage.
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Exodus
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Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 21:10
19th Century
Bishop
If he take him another wife. —Polygamy is viewed as lawful in this passage, as elsewhere generally in the Mosaic Law, whi…
John Gill
On Exodus 21:10
17th Century
Pastor
If he take him another wife
The father takes another wife for his son, or the son takes another wife to himself afte…
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 21:1–11
17th Century
Minister
The laws in this chapter relate to the fifth and sixth commandments; and though they differ from our times and customs, nor are they binding on us,…