Exodus 21:10
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Exodus 21:10 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Exodus 21:10 is a verse from the book of Exodus in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Exodus 21:10 — KJV
“If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.”
— Exodus 21:10 (KJV)
Exodus 21:10 in Context — About the Book of Exodus
Exodus tells the defining rescue story of the Old Testament: God hears the cry of enslaved Israel, breaks Pharaoh's grip through ten plagues, parts the Red Sea, and meets His people at Sinai. It reveals God as deliverer, covenant-maker, and the One who dwells among His people.
Cross-References for Exodus 21:10
“Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time. a wife...: or, one wife to another”
Shares key themes with Exodus 21:10: take, another, wife
“And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.”
Shares key themes with Exodus 21:10: take, another, wife
“If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her. her husband's...: or, her next kinsman”
Shares key themes with Exodus 21:10: take, wife, duty
“And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother. brother's: or, next kinsman's”
Shares key themes with Exodus 21:10: take, wife, duty
“When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:”
Shares key themes with Exodus 21:10: take, another, wife
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