There Are Rules
Micham
There are rules for joining of two timbers:
First you find the surest, truest ground.
Then you sink the footing where it always will stand,
And nothing under heav’n can bring it down.
Mary’s Mother
There are rules for joining of two people:
Women
First betrothal known throughout the land,
Then a year of raising high a good Hebrew house,
Then wrapping of the hands in swaddling bands.
Joseph and Micham
Build a house for a prophet,
Filled with law and truth –
Women
A house for a handmaid
Obedient as Ruth.
Joseph and Micham
Build it firm as a mountain,
A house of faith and prayer
All
For the children,
Joseph and Mary
Israel’s children,
All
Ever pure and fair.
Joseph
Build a house and marriage with devotion,
Follow every rule that God prescribes,
Then observe how the promises to Father Abraham
In me and in my house are realized.
Joseph and Micham
Build a house for a prophet,
Filled with law and truth –
A house for a handmaid
Obedient as Ruth.
Build it firm as a mountain,
A house of faith and prayer
For the children,
Israel’s children,
Ever pure and fair.