* let us make.
{Nichrath berith,} "let us cut a covenant:"
# De 29:12; Jos 9:6; 2Ki 11:17; 2Ch 29:10; 34:31,32; Ne 9:38|
# Ne 10:29-39|
* put away. Heb. bring forth. according to the counsel.
# 2Ch 30:12|
* of those that.
# 9:4; 2Ch 34:21,27; Ps 119:59,120; Isa 66:2; Eze 9:4|
* at the commandment.
# De 7:2,3; Jos 23:12,13|
* let it.
# Ne 8:14; 13:1-3; Isa 8:20|
Shechaniah's counsel, which he was then so clear in, will not
hold now: such marriages, it is certain, are contrary to the
will of God, and ought not to be made; but they are not null.
Our rule under the gospel is {Quod fieri non debuit, factum
valet,} "That which ought not to have been done must, when
done, abide." See
# 1Co 7:12,13|
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