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Why can a man no longer have two wives?

Answered by . December 5, 2010 - 4:28 am

I think Matt 19:1-9, though primarily about divorce and remarriage, is helpful. Under the Law of Moses, men were permitted to have more than one wife but this, like divorce, was because of “the hardness of your hearts” (v8); this was not how it was intended in the beginning. In the beginning God created male […]