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Numbers chapter 36, verse 6. This is what the Lord commands concerning the daughters of Zalofahad.

Let them marry whom they think best. Only they shall marry within the clan of the tribe of their father. Now, we're at the end of the

book of numbers, and this is obviously a specific stipulation, instruction given to a particular

family and clan in light of specific circumstances in the Old Testament. So there are all kinds of reasons why this does not, like, we don't directly say this today

and the new covenant in our lives.

But the picture here is clear that God speaks about how marriages should be formed. God speaks about how families should be formed.

And we must listen to God. And God speaks about what marriage should look like.

Probably the most clear, concise, yet comprehensive picture of this in all the Bible is

Ephesians 5, 22 through 33.

And every husband and wife should study,

meditate on, learn,

maybe even memorize that passage backwards and forwards.

Because that is God's clear instruction for marriage.

Then right after that, we see in Ephesians 6, the first few verses of that chapter.

God's instructions about parenting.

There's other places in scripture that speak to parenting as well.

Other places in scripture that speak to family.

Like, we need to hear from God.

Obviously, we live in a culture, at least I live in a culture that is redefining marriage,

away from God's word.

But my concern is less the culture, it's more the church.

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