c. AD 94

J. AJ 4.244

The Antiquities of the Jews 4.244

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

4.244

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

24423. Let the Hebrews marry, at the age fit for it, virgins that are free, and born of good parents. And he that does not marry a virgin, let him not corrupt another man’s wife, and marry her, nor grieve her former husband. Nor let free men marry slaves, although their affections should strongly bias any of them so to do; for it is decent, and for the dignity of the persons themselves, to govern those their affections.