Biblical Polygamy: Plural Marriage in the Holy Bible

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After revealing the Ten Commandments to Moses, the Lord taught about plural marriage

saying that if a man were to have another wife, her food, clothing and marital rights were not to be diminished.

Exodus 21:10

The Lord revealed the importance of the equity of wives and children under plural marriages.

Deuteronomy 21:15-17

Abraham had multiple wives.

Genesis 16: 1-11, 25:1

Jacob had multiple wives.

Genesis 29:28; 30: 4,9,26

And Jesus Christ himself taught that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob will sit in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Matt 8:11; Luke 13:28

David had multiple wives

2 Samuel 2:2, 5:13

and did not sin until devising a way to take Uriahs wife Bathsheba.

2 Samuel 12: 7-13

Solomon practiced plural marriage

and was only condemned when he went against the commandment of God and married outside Israel.

1 Kings 11:1-6

Still others had more than one wife.

Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives

2 Chronicles 13:21

Ehoiada took for him two wives

2 Chronicles 24:3

Plural marriage was also prophesied by Isaiah as happening in the future.

Isaiah 4:1

From the Holy Bible, we learn that in some cases the Lords servants were rebuked and punished for not practicing plural marriage according to Gods command.

However, the practice of plural marriage, according to the Holy Bible, is appropriate when approved by God and dictated to his authorized disciples.

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[wvsoccermom34]

I haven't read the comments on this video and I probably won't. I just wanted to say STRICTLY ABOUT THE VIDEO, that I like it. The Video gives only facts and allows the viewer to form their own opinion without imposing the views of the author/creator/producer or whatever you wish to call it. The images and music are very pretty as well.

[DefendingMormonism]

@wvsoccermom34 Appreciate it. I made the video to strictly discuss what is taught and shown in the Bible. A teaching like polygamy is a very interesting principle to bring up with Christians who say they believe 'EVERY WORD OF IT. Most cannot explain biblical polygamy, and many simply ignore it as if it doesn't exist.

[mjay22]

Yeah, like many prophets in the Bible practised polygamy. Polygamy wasn't a crime then according to the bible, isn't it? Anyway, I don't think polygamy is bad as long as you can treat all your wives equally. Knowing many men couldn't do that, then it's better just to marry one. Besides there may be reasons for polygamy - such as protecting orphans & women during the times of war when they've lost their male members. Many ppl even marry as young as 13 - they marry as soon they've reach puberty.

[DefendingMormonism]

@mjay22 Agreed.

[alanplum7]

If polygamy was commanded by God (D&C132), why don't Mormons practice it?

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. Acts 5:29.

[NewEarthSon]

abijah waxed mighty  hahahhahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[omiolo]

I was reminded when I read this statement of a passage in the New

Testament. In Luke 10, we read the parable of the Good Samaritan.

Personally, I don't believe it is a parable at all. It follows a

pattern that I recognize elsewhere as a legal debate in which a

question is asked, and then various examples are raised in which the

question might occur - and those examples move from the most

difficult and unusual to the most common and immediate [2]. Our

narrative starts with this introduction:

[omiolo]

Blog Post: Immigration and the Good Samaritan

by Ben McGuire on June 12th, 2011

In the new statement on immigration published by Church of Jesus

Christ of Latter-day Saints [1], we find this comment: "The bedrock

moral issue for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is

how we treat each other as children of God."

[omiolo]

@suemorphplus2009 "In Canada, they are deciding decriminalization, not plural marriage licenses"

as we all learned in the United States one is the first step necessary for the other and logically follows.

[suemorphplus2009]

@omiolo In Canada, they are deciding decriminalization, not plural marriage licenses. There is a difference. I do think the laws to try and prosecute all polygamy can go to rediculous lengths, at least by modern standards, anyways. For instance, the Utah rules against polygamy basically mean that it is criminal for a man to cohabit with his girlfriend (a.k.a not family and not legal spouse) I wouldn't object, but loads of people probably would feel that this law is a little outdated.

[suemorphplus2009]

@ChildePC Polygamy itself wasn't bad. It was other things that the practicioners did that were wrong. David murdered a man to have his wife and Solomon married polytheist wives, and ultimately worshipped their false Gods to look good to his foreign wives. Overall, I don't think its worth it to try and support something which only a minority of the men on Earth have the responsibility and maturity to handle.

[tamasandy]

"...What a thing it is for a man to be accused of committing adultery, and having seven wives, when I can only find one..."-Joseph Smith (History of The Church 6:410-411)

he didn't have 1... or 7... he had over 30. why would a prophet deny something that was "approved by God"?