Wedding
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· 41 viewsThe 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
Wedding garments
The bride’s wedding dress
The bride’s wedding dress
All glorious is the princess in her chamber, with robes interwoven with gold.
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The bride’s jewellery and ornaments
The bride’s jewellery and ornaments
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
Wedding festivities
Weddings were occasions for rejoicing
Weddings were occasions for rejoicing
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:
Wedding festivities might last for a week or two:
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Wedding songs
Wedding songs
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The wedding banquet
The wedding banquet
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
Guests and attendants at weddings
Wedding guests
Wedding guests
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.
See also ; Wedding guests were expected to wear appropriate clothes;
Attendants on the groom
Attendants on the groom
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
Bridesmaids
In many-colored robes she is led to the king,
with her virgin companions following behind her.
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Wedding gifts
Wedding gifts
(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
Elements in the wedding ceremony
Covering the bride
Covering the bride
Sometimes the groom would cover the bride with his cloak as a symbol of protection:
Sometimes the groom would cover the bride with his cloak as a symbol of protection:
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A covenanted commitment
A covenanted commitment
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Blessing the couple
Blessing the couple
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Consummating the marriage
Consummating the marriage
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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