Wedding (2)

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The public acknowledgment and celebration of a couple’s marriage. The wedding followed betrothal and was a preliminary to sexual union. The occasion was marked by feasting, singing and rejoicing. The bride wore a wedding dress, jewellery and ornaments and both she and the groom were waited on by attendants.

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Wedding garments

The bride’s wedding dress

Psalm 45:13 ESV
All glorious is the princess in her chamber, with robes interwoven with gold.
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The bride’s jewellery and ornaments

Isaiah 49:18 ESV
Lift up your eyes around and see; they all gather, they come to you. As I live, declares the Lord, you shall put them all on as an ornament; you shall bind them on as a bride does.
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Wedding festivities

Weddings were occasions for rejoicing

Jeremiah 33:11 ESV
the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing, as they bring thank offerings to the house of the Lord: “ ‘Give thanks to the Lord of hosts, for the Lord is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!’ For I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says the Lord.

Wedding festivities might last for a week or two:

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Wedding songs

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The wedding banquet

Judges 14:10 ESV
His father went down to the woman, and Samson prepared a feast there, for so the young men used to do.
See also a feast celebrates Jacob’s wedding; a wedding banquet given by a king for his son; Jesus Christ changes water into wine at a wedding feast; the marriage supper of the Lamb

Guests and attendants at weddings

Wedding guests

John 2:1–2 ESV
On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples.
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Attendants on the groom

John 3:29 ESV
The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.
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Bridesmaids

Psalm 45:14 ESV
In many-colored robes she is led to the king, with her virgin companions following behind her.
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Wedding gifts

1 Kings 9:16 ESV
(Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and captured Gezer and burned it with fire, and had killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and had given it as dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife;
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Elements in the wedding ceremony

Covering the bride

Sometimes the groom would cover the bride with his cloak as a symbol of protection:

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A covenanted commitment

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Blessing the couple

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Consummating the marriage

Joel 2:16 ESV
gather the people. Consecrate the congregation; assemble the elders; gather the children, even nursing infants. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.
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