Everyday words
Marry
Start with Genesis 19:14, where the Bible uses the word marry in a real sentence: “Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters, and said, “Get up! Get…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 19:14
“Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters, and said, “Get up! Get out of this place, for Yahweh will destroy the city.” But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be joking.”
2. Leviticus 21:7
““‘They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, or profane. They shall not marry a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God.”
3. Leviticus 21:14
“A widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute, these he shall not marry: but a virgin of his own people shall he take as a wife.”
4. Numbers 36:6
“This is the thing which Yahweh does command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, ‘Let them be married to whom they think best; only they shall marry into the family of the tribe of their father.”
5. 2 Samuel 3:14
“David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, saying, “Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I was given to marry for one hundred foreskins of the Philistines.””
6. Isaiah 62:5
“For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons will marry you. As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.”
7. Matthew 19:10
“His disciples said to him, “If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.””
8. Matthew 22:24
“saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.’”
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Practice Genesis 19:14
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Lotwentout,andspoketohiswhowerepledgedtomarryhisdaughters,and“Getup!Getoutofthisplace,forYahwehwillthecity.”Butheseemedtohissons-in-lawtobejoking.