Positive Commandment #122 of 613
Marry a wife by means of a marriage agreement and sanctification
Commandment #122 — a positive obligation from Deuteronomy 22:13, classified under Marriage and Family in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"If any man takes a wife and goes in to her and then turns against her,”
— Deuteronomy 22:13
Hebrew
יג כִּי-יִקַּח אִישׁ, אִשָּׁה; וּבָא אֵלֶיהָ, וּשְׂנֵאָהּ.
Greek (Septuagint)
13 Ἐὰν δέ τις λάβῃ γυναῖκα καὶ συνοικήσῃ αὐτῇ καὶ μισήσῃ αὐτὴν
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Marriage and Family
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 22
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Ki Tetze
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #552
- Mishneh Torah
- WomenMarriage
Related Commandments in “Marriage and Family”
#123: Do not have sexual relations with women not married by means of a marriage agreement and sanctification
Deuteronomy 23:18
#124: Do not withhold food, clothing, and sexual relations from your wife
Exodus 21:10
#125: Have children with one's wife
Genesis 1:28
#126: Issue a divorce by means of a "get" document
Deuteronomy 24:1
#127: A man must not remarry his ex-wife after she has married someone else
Deuteronomy 24:4
#128: A man must marry the widow of his childless brother
Deuteronomy 25:5
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