Marriage and Family Commandments

There are 27 biblical commandments in the “Marriage and Family” category — 11 positive and 16 negative.

+Positive Commandments (11)

122
Marry a wife by means of a marriage agreement and sanctification

Deuteronomy 22:13

125
Have children with one's wife

Genesis 1:28

126
Issue a divorce by means of a "get" document

Deuteronomy 24:1

128
A man must marry the widow of his childless brother

Deuteronomy 25:5

129
A man must free the widow of his childless brother from the obligation to marry him if he is unwilling to marry her

Deuteronomy 25:9

132
One who seduces a maiden must marry the maiden if she chooses

Deuteronomy 22:29

134
A man who slanders his wife with accusations of adultery must remain married to his wife

Deuteronomy 22:19

136
Fulfill the laws of the woman suspected of adultery

Numbers 5:30

584
Respect your father or mother

Exodus 20:12

585
Fear your father or mother

Leviticus 19:3

587
Mourn for relatives

Leviticus 10:19

−Negative Commandments (16)

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

127
A man must not remarry his ex-wife after she has married someone else

Deuteronomy 24:4

130
A childless widow must not remarry until the ties with her brother-in-law are removed

Deuteronomy 25:5

133
A seducer that marries the maiden he seduces must not divorce her

Deuteronomy 22:29

135
A man who slanders his wife with accusations of adultery must not divorce her

Deuteronomy 22:19

137
Do not put oil on the meal offering of a woman suspected of adultery

Numbers 5:15

138
Do not put frankincense on the meal offering of a woman suspected of adultery

Numbers 5:15

162
Do not marry those who are not members of the Covenant

Deuteronomy 7:3

163
Do not let Moabite and Ammonite males marry into the Covenant people

Deuteronomy 23:4

166
Do not let a child born due to an illegal relationship marry into the Covenant people

Deuteronomy 23:3

167
Do not let a eunuch marry into the Covenant people

Deuteronomy 23:1

582
Do not curse your father and mother

Exodus 21:17

583
Do not strike your father and mother

Exodus 21:15

586
Do not be a rebellious son

Deuteronomy 21:18

603
Do not offer peace to Ammon and Moab while besieging them

Deuteronomy 23:7

Other Categories

Sacrifices and Offerings

96 commandments · 50+ / 46−

Courts, Crimes, and Punishments

70 commandments · 31+ / 39−

Appointed Times

41 commandments · 23+ / 18−

Idolatry

40 commandments · 2+ / 38−

Levites & Priests

35 commandments · 10+ / 25−

Food

35 commandments · 9+ / 26−

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