Matthew 19:6 (KJV)
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Wherefore they are no more twain but one flesh What therefore God hath joined together let not man put asunder
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God. Pr 2:17 Mal 2:14 Mr 10:9 Ro 7:2 1Co 7:10-14 Eph 5:28 Heb 13:4
hath.[Zeugos ,] "hath yoked together," as oxen in the plough, where each must pull equally in order to bring it on. Among the ancients, they put a yoke upon the necks of a new married couple, or chains on their arms, to shew that they were to be one, closely united, and pulling equally together in all the concerns of life.
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