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While sometimes forced to admit that some Old Testament figures practiced polygamy, critics insist that there was no biblical mandate or command to practice plural marriage.
 
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This claim is false; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yibbum levirate marriage] was mandated by the law of Moses ({{b||Deuteronomy|25|5-6}}).
 
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Even if true, this claim is immaterial.  God did not condemn the practice of plural marriage in the Bible.  If it was everywhere and always forbidden, God could and would have done so.  [[Early_Christians_on_plural_marriage|Early Christian]] authors understood this.
 
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