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Polygyny was still acceptable among the Israelites
in the days of Yeshua the Messiah. In one of his most famous parables,
Yeshua uses a plural wedding:
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto
ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the
bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They
that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But
the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. While the
bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight
there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet
him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the
foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are
gone out. But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not
enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy
for yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and
they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door
was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord,
open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know
you not. (Matthew 25:1-12)
Martin Luther, recognizing that Jesus (Yeshua) did
not condemn and may have subtly condoned polygyny, later declared
Polygyny to be an acceptable Christian practice.
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