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When Moses took a second wife, he was not in
violation of the Law given to him by Yahwah Almighty. His law does not
prohibit plural marriage and in fact, recognized the possibility of
multiple wives:
If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another
hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the
hated; and the firstborn son be hers that was hated: then it
shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that
he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the
hated, which is indeed the firstborn. (Deuteronomy 21:15-16)
Law of Moses sometimes may have commanded Plural
Marriage. "When a woman's husband died, the Yahwah commanded that a
brother of the husband was supposed to take her as his wife. (Deut.
5:4-10.)" If he was already married, then at that point he would
have had two wives. Thus, the Law as given to Moses does not object
that the brother would now have two wives. Thus, the support for multipal wives or polygyny, thou no support for polygamy.
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