⁹ let no one split apart what God has joined together.”

No Longer Bound to the Law

7 Now, dear brothers and sisters^[a]—you who are familiar with the law—don’t you know that the law applies only while a person is living? ² For example, when a woman marries, the law binds her to her husband as long as he is alive. But if he dies, the laws of marriage no longer apply to her. ³ So while her husband is alive, she would be committing adultery if she married another man. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law and does not commit adultery when she remarries.

¹⁰ The son of Jediael was Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. ¹¹ Each of them was the leader of an ancestral clan. From these clans the total number of mighty warriors ready for war was 17,200.

¹² The sons of Ir were Shuppim and Huppim. Hushim was the son of Aher.

Descendants of Naphtali

¹³ The sons of Naphtali were Jahzeel,^[a] Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.^[b] They were all descendants of Jacob’s concubine Bilhah.