Polygamy – Polygyny in the Bible – Torah Law Studies, Scriptures, Stories

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Polygamy – Polygyny in the Bible – Torah Law Studies, Scriptures, Stories.  Learn the laws in the Torah about Polygyny and read the stories.  Who was the first polygamist in the bible? How many wives did King David have? How many wives did Solomon have? Is it lawful to have more than one wife?

 

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YOUR FIRST WIFE’S LIFE STYLE MUST STAY THE SAME IF YOU MARRY ANOTHER WOMAN

Her food, clothes & duty of marriage has to remain the same, as it is written…

Exodus 21:10

If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. 11 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.

 

DO NOT TAKE ANOTHER MAN’S WIFE TO COMMIT ADULTERY WITH HER

Leviticus 20:10

And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

 

Deuteronomy 22:22

If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.

 

DO NOT TAKE A BETROTHE (engaged with a covenant ) WOMAN TO COMMIT ADULTERY WITH HER

Deuteronomy 22:23-24

23If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; 24 Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.

 

KINGS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO MULTIPLE WIVES

 

 

 

Deuteronomy 17:14

 

When thou art come unto the land which YHWH thy Elohim giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me; 17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away:

 

 

 

 

DO NOT SEE A WOMAN & HER DAUGHTER NAKED

Leviticus 18:17
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.

DO NOT MARRY YOUR WIFE’S SISTER
[18] Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.

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