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What do we mean when we say that Mary is betrothed to Joseph?
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Ginny Kubitz Moyer
During the time of Jesus, the Jewish marriage process involved two separate parts, the first of which was betrothal. This was an exchange of consent made between a man and a woman before witnesses. Betrothal was binding, and it could only be ended by death or divorce. ... » read moreGinny Kubitz Moyer
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