Does the BIBLE approve of POLYGAMY? | Founded in Truth 

Facts.

Moses, the ONE WHO WROTE THE LAWS (inspired by the Holy Spirit) regarding adultery had more than one wife! It is absolutely absurd to think that God would allow Moses to be so hypocritical as to blatantly violate one of the most sacred of all Commandments regarding marriage without consequence. Well, maybe God was just going easy on Moses (?) Really! God refused to allow Moses into the Promised Land merely for striking a rock with his staff; but He allowed him to go completely unpunished for a crime (adultery) that demanded the death penalty?!? So ridiculous! The Church has such an UNBELIEVABLE blind spot regarding this issue. God certainly did ordain some significant changes regarding the practice of the faith under the New Covenant (animal sacrifices, dietary laws, the observance of Holy Days, circumcision, etc); but ONLY clearly and unambiguously! There is ABSOLUTELY NO PLACE in the New Testament where polygyny now suddenly becomes a violation of the Law. The only passage that Mandatory Monogamists can scrounge up is in Mattew 19, and it has absolutely nothing to do with polygyny! It is about divorce ONLY! How and why would God be so completely and utterly silent regarding such a radical alteration of the basic understanding of marriage - if that was His intention under the New Covenant? So how did this happen? The early Church chose to adopt the family and social structures of the pagan Romans and Greeks (i.e, forced monogamy), rather than following God's model as clearly outlined in the Scriptures.

Adultery depends on the status of the woman

​@@elijahirvin5911Correct. And very correct. If the woman is not married it is not adultery even if the man is married. It is just fornication

Yah did that as He knew the men's hearts and that in THEIR WILL they would have many wives. That was the transgression in them. He made conduct rules to at least have some order in the homes. Those darn rebellious fellas were a mess.

You are grossly in error! Tosato is your source of truth, and he was a Roman Catholic priest. His claim about the Essenes interpretation of Lev 18:18, is patently false!

Completely false

David you're in total error. You ought to stop holding out yourself as a bible teacher. Very shallow analysis. You do not even realise that you are bastardizing the bible. Read Exodus 21:10, 2Samuel 12:7-8.

Apostle Atali-Mensah Thanks for your opinion. However, I’ve read those passages before, and they are not inconsistent with what the Bible teaches on this topic. I provide a thorough exegesis of those and other passages in my book if you are interested in my perspective. Just a tip for future reference: Cherry-picking passages out of context and providing zero substantive commentary and exegesis is unpersuasive. Nobody who takes the Bible seriously is convinced by that kind of lazy and shallow engagement. Hope that helps!

@@DavidWilberBlog kindly adduce your mind to what the scripture says Isaiah 3:12;25-26 and continue through chapter 4:1-2. Remember chapter 4 verses 1 and 2 are the continuation of the message in chapter. David are you then saying that, with Moses giving an explicit proclamation in Exodus 21:10, "If he takes a second wife..." And of all the laws on sexual sin in Leviticus 18, the Lord did not find it expedient to prohibit polygamy? God punished S&G for homosexuality, can you show just one scripture in which He punished anyone for polygamy? Please come again.

The virgins are symbolic of all of us in the body(singular) of Yahushua HaMashiyach, and our need to be ready or be left without the groom. What a pathetic attempt to excuse polygyny.

@@taliagoodwomanmannexplain Isaiah 4:1

Just bear in mind that those women were more concerned about their own greedy deceitful ways ...an back in that time, many men were lost in wars, an women who didn't have a brother or a father or a son to take care of them were given over to prostitution to make a living....so .....they were forced to marry men who already had multiple wives.. this still does not make it right ....

You only say that because you don't realize how he snookered you with his claim about scholars. He didn't tell you that his so-called scholar, was Tosato, who was a Roman Catholic priest. Since when do we turn to the Catholics for our interpretation of Scripture. He also failed to mention that Tosato was lying in his claim about how the Qumran community interpreted Lev 18:18, but then, that would have undermined his entire argument.

It's easier to conflate vs making a sound argument founded on Biblical Truth. This dude makes Christians look weak.

Read Angelo Tosato's paper. It's available for free download.

The key word is VEX. If you marry a woman and you marry her sister it is ok. As long as the sisters aren't vexed by it.

@@dandeliontea7 Most of us here, have no regard for the rantings of a biased Catholic priest! Go ahead and provide a link to his paper though, and I'll be glad to analyze it. Dr William Luck himself, has already done an excellent rebuttal to this claim of his, and you can find the video on PolygamyHQ's channel. You obviously need to do more research!

Leviticus 18 is not so limited. The first section of the chapter deals with laws on incest and the second section deals with other sexual and even nonsexual sins. Scholars who have studied the original language and textual structure of Leviticus 18 say verse 18 begins a new section of the chapter dealing with laws against sins other than incest.

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Confirmation bias on full display!

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@@FoundedInTruth I will join his church

You are not far from the truth. The fact is, there are many cases of polygamy, where nothing bad happened, and there are many instances of monogamy, where very bad things happened. The bottom line is, God never did forbid polygyny, at any point in time. The more you look into this, the more you will find that this anti-polygyny heresy, was actually introduced by the Catholic church, and has brought about great evil in our society. It fosters jealousy, ruins marriages, and has led to murder and abortion, repeatedly occurring, where it otherwise would likely not have occurred.

He has a video on Lev 18:18 now, and it is more nonsense. He tries to delineate between v 6-17, and v 18, when in fact, if there is to be any such division, it ought to be between v 16 and 17, not v 17 and v18.

Scholars who have studied the original language and textual structure of Leviticus 18 say verse 18 begins a new section of the chapter dealing with laws against sins other than incest.

Not all... not historic interpretations, and not even most "scholars" say that @@cbtam4333

No one to be lied anymore

Well, it's kinda silly to claim that if bad things happen to someone, they must be committing some sort of sin. It also ignores the many cases in Scripture where nothing bad happened to someone who practiced polygamy.

1 Corinthians 7:2 states that each man should have his own WIFE (not wives). Genesis 2:24 states that man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his WIFE (not wives). Genesis 2:18 God states “...I will make him A HELPER (not helpers). In fact everywhere God gives a principle for what marriage should look like, WIFE is used in the singular, never the plural. So although it doesn't explicitly say it, we know what God's vision of marriage looks like and it's not polygamous.

@@4u2cre8 1 Cor 7:2... his OWN wife emphasizes a matter of possession to me- that a man should not have another man's wife. Gen 2:24 does not place a prohibition to wives. Gen 2:18 is referring to the creation of woman. Nevertheless, believe what you will, my friend.

@@reachingoutforjesus3167 How you choose to define the word "own" in Cor 7:2 has nothing to do with the fact that WIFE is still used in the singular. Genesis 2:24 says WIFE (singular). Gen.2:18 is referring to the creation of A HELPER (again, singlar). Ephesians 5:31 says the TWO shall become one flesh (not 3 or 4). So you can try to spin the meaning of God's word to make it fit your personal desires, but the Bible makes it perfectly clear that God's intention was for a man to only have 1 wife.

Prove you can’t take a 12 yr old girl on the Bible …. You gunna do that too?

Huh? God has lots of regulations dealing with situations brought about by human sin (e.g., restitution). It shouldn't surprise us that He also tells us what to do when humans make the choice to enter a polygamous union and have children. God cares about those children and wants them taken care of, regardless of the circumstances they are in because of the choices of their parents. What a HOLY and LOVING God we serve!

Right. He gave instructions on not diminishing the food, clothing and shelter of number 1, PRECEDING the taking of a second wife. If he had a problem with it, He would have said “Don’t do it”. Cherry-picking verses to match an ideology and blatantly ignoring the ENTIRETY of scripture is very Osteen like. You will be held to account for wrongfully teaching what the scriptures clearly say. It’s time to repent. Gods Word is what it is, whether you and your feminist ideals like it or not.

@@cowboy101lisa I dont' think David had any idea that this anti-polygyny nonsense could possibly be refuted. Great job!!!!

Why didn't God create more than one wife for Adam? Why is their no "happy" families in scripture that participate in polygamy? They were always messed up and dysfunctional. Because of Abraham's extra wives/concubines we have the descendants of Ishmael killing christians and jews. Even Solomon in Song of Solomon is not reminiscing about his multiple wives but his first wife. (It went down hill for him when he started getting more wives). David's polygamist family was also dysfunctional and sick with incest and rape. Why within the requirements of a GODLY man and elder of the church (according to the NT)is he supposed to be the "husband of one wife." If polygamy is blessed why does it say in 1 Corinthians 7 [Greek/Aramic] : But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his one wife, and each woman her one husband." The account of creation itself shows us God's perfect plan for marriage. Genesis 2:24 "Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become ONE flesh." Not WIVES. Genesis 2:18 "Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a HELPER [singular] fit for him." In fact, the first man to have a second wife in the OT was Lamech, a son of Cain-- who according to the scriptures also committed the first murder. Much was "allowed" NOT CONDONED because of man's hardened heart and because they didn't know better. Matt. 19:8 " He said to them, “BECAUSE OF YOUR HARDNESS OF HEART Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, BUT FROM THE BEGINNING IT WAS NOT SO." When you know better, you do better. You don't continue in it because God didn't zap them in the OT. Paul addresses this when he says:"What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? NO..." Romans 6: 1-2 And so, if God's ORIGINAL intention was one man and one wife, why should we actively seek something that was not His perfect intention? Luke 16:15 ,"And he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For WHAT IS EXALTED AMONG MEN IS AN ABOMINATION in the sight of God." I believe that God tolerated polygamy, but never condoned it. Deuteronomy 17:17 forbids kings from marrying more than one wife, so it doesn’t make sense that God would give that clear prohibition and then condone it. David seems to be the one many point to as end all be all of polygamy. But the text even says he provided for them (concubines: considered to be "extra wives") but had no sexual relations with them. And according to Jewish tradition, David would take a wife, but once he had his eye on another, he would continue providing for her but stop having sexual relations with her once he took a new wife. The modern day equivalent would be divorce/alimony/ new marriage. The Bible is so honest about humanity and the failures of even those God used mightily, it dutifully records the problems those multiplied wives created. In every biblical account of men having multiple wives, there is conflict. Families not based on a monogamous relationship paid a price. The Bible shows the result of having multiple wives, and it never presents polygamy in a positive light.

@@L._Diaz all that is pointing out is the complications, not that it is prohibited by law.

Because we was tricked and had to stay married to someone else he didn't want in that way...

This sounds extra-biblical. I only know of one place in Scripture where anyone was asked not to take additional wives, and it was Laban asking Jacob not to do so, when he was the very reason Jacob took his second wife, to begin with!

@@danieldeluca4936 but didn't Jacob take more wives bilhah and zilpah after he made the vow with laban not too? Or maybe it didn't count because they where concubines

They must stay faithful to the covenants.

Divorce is not an option! Love your wives.

If you think about this your whole entire life is polygamy because you're always in a group of people I swear how stupid do people get.

@@herobrine_1_ marriage...

He should keep the promise he made to each woman and not divorce any.

He totally misused Scripture. Where is your discernment?

Wow

Food for thought, if polygyny is wicked or unrighteous, wouldn’t that imply some very negative things about the biblical patriarchs?

The guy that posts this channel is way way off.

@@Pathtozion144k Yeah they would be in sin if polygyny was a sin, cause many of them had many wives and concubines

@@Pathtozion144k Is this Cesar from Marriage of The Lamb Assemblies?

You cannot submit to God to any commandments or demands. He can do whatever he want. He sent Israelites to go fight in his honor and kill all children, women and men does that mean God is evil and he’s a murderer? No. His rules, his world, his commands. And just because things were given to David does not mean it’s ok for regular men as for they were not kings or anointed so the preaching on one man and one wife which 2 shall become as 1 applies to men and women in general.

Hmmmmm. I don't think so. Heavenly Father said if you break one of his laws or commandments, then you are sinning. Now since Heavenly Father is a kind and loving father, then He would lead by example. Therefore He wouldn't break His own laws and commandments. For if He would, by his own Word, be a sinner.

​@@jeremiaht214you think you wiser than God???...God does as he wills...u crazy

I agree with u .Some men distort the scriptures so they can control women .

Exactly. I don't understand what all the arguing is about when women are the ones who hold ALL the power. Men discuss this topic like the women have no power. Are these men in the middle east somewhere? They can't be in the very liberal United States where a woman will promptly curse you out for even looking at another woman inappropriately. If all men came to a consensus that having multiple women is Biblical are they really that dumb to think women are going to allow it because men agree that it's Biblical? If I met a man who said he wanted to practice polygamy I would tell him to kiss my ass walk away. And if my husband said he wanted to practice polygamy I would tell him to kiss my ass too and then file for divorce immediately. Yes, I would leave my man for even bringing up the topic because if you've thought about it you've already disrespected me. Men using religion as a scare tactic will never work on women. Think about it, men quote the Bible to try and get women to submit to them and that doesn't work either. Women simply do not listen to men and rightfully so.

That's the proper answer according to your sociological upbringing. Also, unfortunately, you must understand the time and culture. For the most part back then women were chattel.

Only a special woman, would be OK with understanding her husband's needs and desires. Most women today are not OK with it, but they fail to realize, it is to their own detriment. Oh, and Scripture clearly forbids a wife having more than one husband. You can divorce your husband, if you choose to do so, but if you run off and marry some other dude, Scripture says that you will be committing adultery. Notice that whenever Jesus used that "except for fornication" clause, it was always in the context of the husband divorcing his wife, not the wife divorcing her husband, and He went on to say that the husband who does so, causes HER to commit adultery, and whoever marries HER that is divorced, commits adultery with HER. Nowhere does Scripture state that the woman who marries a man who has been divorced, commits adultery with him. It doesn't even say that a woman should not covet another woman's husband!

@@shayemoore Jesus said to fear the One who can destroy both body and soul in hell.

Mostly because we wanted to keep the video shorter than 10 minutes. I go through them all in my book if you're interested!

He's pushing his book. Even though were commanded to give freely.

This is a topic that truly separates the wheat from the chaff, very few men are willing to stand on truth here, because of the social and cultural pushback they will get, especially among those closest to them, including and definitely not limited to their own wives.

😂😂😂 You get a like for that one.

That’s Siseras’ mother talking of the Canaanites taking them as spoils of war.

👎That is only a prohibition against doing what Solomon did.

How are you going to find more wives without cheating and lusting on the next one … sorry …. Nice try.

It's not cheating since it's allowed. And how are you going to find a first wife without lusting on her?

​@@lightscameratamarause biblical terms not worldly terms lime cheating...adultery hebrew word na'aph literally means a woman who breaks wedlock...get out of babylon...God is not against polygyny according to his word...

​@@MichaelEllisYTfacts...

Yea polygamy is ideal for a lot of people

It's amazing how many men like David here will completely throw the patriarchs (and our matriarchs) and God the Father Himself under the bus with complete reckless abandon when trying to weasel their way into an argument against polygyny, isn't it?

Biblical law would have it that she become a wife to you

@@sinistransgressionofthetor5449 please reference scripture.

If you keep her as a wife to share your love equally then it’s the right thing to do because I don’t think society want more women who have babies in the wedlock discarded after sex . In Jacob case , he only wanted a Rachel but God allow Laban to trick him for Leah and it turn out good where we have 12 tribe of Israel and worst they are sisters which the law prohibited. However you may need to deal with issues in polygamy of jealousy and rivals between wives. Pray for God’s discernment. Paul said when you are single, married when you come to Christ , remain

No please, Mary here as your second wife.

That is right, correct and truth!

Very excellent point brother

A man can't remarry, neither spouse can until death breaks the covenant. Luke 16:18 Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery. Polygamy isn't allowed under the new covenant. Christ addresses marriage in Matthew 19, Mark 10, and Luke 16

@@LoverOfTheLambMinistry Read those verses in the Tyndale translation,. It paints somewhat of a different picture. Tyndale himself did not trust the Latin Vulgate and for good reason.

legal based on the state/federal law, or based on God's law?

Ezekiel 23 alone should be enought to settle the question decisively. Thanks for poniting that out.

Too much foolishness from supposed "pastors" these days - they are more interested in selling books 😅

You are spot on Daniel

Read the entire short chapter of Isaiah 4. It is for the women's benefit, especially after most of the men were killed in war.

I come from Mormon polygamy to Torah, and I appreciate your point. Women should have their own domain, their own kitchen and rule of their children. Polygamy often takes this from them. I’ve seen a lot of heart ache in polygamy. I’m not sure what to make of it, but it doesn’t seem to be promoted in the scripture.

Modern women's inability or lack of desire to understand scripture on this issue, and biblical family structures that are both allowed, encouraged, and necessary in some contexts, doesn't change the fact that we need to teach the truth. Do you have the same level of concern for all the women who are and will be left alone, childless and without cover for their entire lives? Is "not wanting to share" with a good faithful sister a righteous virtue or is it a sinful heart issue? It's easy to look at this issue from only the "well what if the wife doesn't want it" perspective, but shouldn't we be more concerned with the multitude of women who are being left uncovered, than the ones who are comfortable in their covered state? Where does encouraging selfishness show up in the scripture? The notion of women exclusively owning their husband is not biblical, it's cultural. The wife exclusively belongs to her husband, but not the husband to the wife(s), this is how God set it up, for very good reasons, and we need to be far more respectful of that and seek understanding as to why, rather than doing what we've been doing.

So why marry any of them? You are taking that verse way out of context!

Only because all the sinful men will be dead, not the win you think it is tbh, but rest in the good news .

It is a "win" because verse 1 is followed directly by a Messianic "Branch" promise, thus providing the human and Divine means by which the daughters of Israel will be cleansed and provided with canopy and shelter from the storms of life in 4:3-6. It's not just so men can have a big harem, but for the restoration and protection of all the women.

This one went over their heads...😂😂😂...I got you though...im of the persuasion as of late though isaiah 4:1 is speaking of the seven churches(wives)...🤔...what sayest thou???

@@MSbeksy check out Isaiah 3:12-26 that's how they get there reproach, i think this is the start of the "greater exodus". In the end times we know there will be wars, men die in wars! I wonder if that's the ratio for men to women. And as far as polygamy, if there are commandments in there about it, it's not a sin. If it was, Massiah would be sinning when he comes back for all his bride( more that one person), and seeing he didn't sin the last time, I'm pretty sure he won't the next! Even king David didn't get yelled at until he took someone else's wife. But as for me, at least in this time we are in. I'll stick with 1 wife, for now. She treats me biblically and lets me be a man, and that's a big deal nowadays. People need to be humbled, although that's the point of the greater exodus and being sent to the wilderness. I have a few videos on here on leaving Babylon. And that's when we head into the wilderness! Well have a good day

“The man is forcing her into adultery, and the sin is on him in that case.” He’s doing more than that . He is also marrying another woman, which Jesus calls adultery in Matthew 19:9.

No it's not, marrying another woman in it of itself is never adultery. It's not what Jesus was saying. Jesus was teaching the Torah, so there is but one reason for divorce, the woman's sexual immorality. If you divorce your first wife *so that you can* marry another, it's adultery against the first. It has nothing to do with the second marriage. "I want a new wife" is not a valid reason to divorce and put away the first. A man is ALWAYS available to marry another and it has never been adultery, and it never will be adultery to do so, as long as she is single. It doesn't matter if he has 1 wife or 10. The man has both forced his first wife into adultery (because she is still married to him if being divorced without proper cause) and he's committed a form of adultery by breaking his covenant with her unlawfully. If a man has a wife who commits sexual immorality and he divorces her, and then marries another, do you believe he's committing adultery? "But to the married I give instructions, not I, but the Lord, that the wife should not leave her husband 11(but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not divorce his wife." 1 Cor 7:11 Clearly a married woman is commanded by the Lord to not leave her husband, but if she does, to stay unmarried (without a man) or be reconciled. Notice the man / husband is never given the same command. The husband who has a wife who leaves is always free to marry, if his first wife returns, he has two wives. Marriage, and divorce law/commands/rules in scripture are NOT equal to the man and the woman, there absolutely are more than one double standard for men and women. @@cbtam4333

Furthermore, you accuse God of participating in adultery by your interpretation, He gave David many wives, if it's adultery to have more than 1, God then would be making David commit adultery, then rebuking Him for adultery later. It makes no sense whatsoever. David had 17 wives, God only took issue and rebuked him for adultery when he took another man's wife, which IS adultery. Taking a 2nd, 3rd, or 17th wife as long as they are single is never adultery. @@cbtam4333

@@mrmonay Divorcing “so that you can marry another” are words that have been added by you. Those words are not in the text. A man who divorced his wife because she burnt the toast rather than so that he could marry another nonetheless remains married to her in God’s eyes, and a subsequent marriage a few of years later would not be any less adultery against his first wife. True, wanting to marry another woman is not a valid reason to divorce the first wife. But if polygamy were acceptable to God, Jesus would not call a subsequent marriage adultery against the first wife. It would not be adultery because the man would be free to add a second wife at any time, whether he was divorced validly, divorced invalidly, or never sought a divorce at all. An invalid divorce would have no impact on his ability to take another wife, and certainly wouldn’t be called adultery against the first wife. It would only affect his moral duties toward the first wife. Maybe he would be morally obligated to pay her money, maybe to take her back. But rather than his marriage to his second wife being called adultery, it would just mean he had two wives now. But Jesus said this man commits adultery. No exception for polygyny. Re: 1 Cor. 7:11, a woman should not leave her husband and must remain unmarried or reconcile and a man must not divorce his wife, because divorce is presumed invalid in God’s eyes. But according to Jesus in Matthew 19:9 and Mark 10:11, as he is still married to her in God’s eyes, he commits adultery when he marries another.

So basically she's a slave

True except heterosexual sex was never considered fornication, sex magic is what the Bible is calling fornication in that context.

@@adzbeatz5106 Hahaha. You see him on every video about this topic? That means you follow all of those videos. Why do you seem to imply that Daniel's dedication to refuting the anti-polygyny lie as less virtuous than your watching and swallowing the lie? What makes you judge Daniel as being obsessed with having multiple wives? Can it not be that he is simply driven to confront lies? If polygyny is not sinful (and it isn't), why is wanting to participate in it "only about fleshly desire?" Would you say the same thing to a single man wanting to marry? "Why are you obsessed with having a wife? Like is that your achievement, a fleshly desire?" If some idiot were trying to make a Biblical case against all marriage, wouldn't you possibly be passionate about denouncing the lie? Would that mean you were obsessed or fleshly? The fact is, the real argument going on is not monogamy vs. polygyny; it's "monogamy only" vs. Biblical marriage. Biblical marriage encompasses either monogamy or polygyny. And no, it's not "three or more become one flesh," it's "the two become one flesh" and a man may be one flesh with more than one woman. The weak, carnal mind has to make marital sex dirty when Yah calls it good. David Wilber, the bogus teacher in the video, accuses me of having a polygyny fetish. When a man marries, we hope he marries for all of the right reasons ... but we don't grill him to make sure and we don't say, "Hopefully, you're not marrying for fleshly reasons." When a man marries, he also assumes some responsibilities, some of which are not easy or always pleasant; nevertheless, he can't escape the responsibilities. A man who is already married is more aware of this than single men are. How do you imagine that a man who is already married can possibly be thinking, "If I get more wives that will mean less responsibility and I won't have to do anything but have sex." You seem to have an obsession with making sure that men don't have sex and with ensuring that it decreases over time. Doesn't that seem a little strange? It's not all about sex. Grow up.

@Maya Alan Same to you, what I said to Adz Beatz.

@Maya Alan Adam and Chava's monogamy was of necessity. Chava was taken out of Adam and she became the mother of all the living. The fall of our parents did not catch Yehovah by surprise. His plan was to have one family in the earth and there was no other woman for Adam. In sound logic, a narrative (the story of the marriage of Adam and Chava) does not establish a command. If you are going to make a logical blunder like this, you have to be consistent. Yehovah took Chava from Adam's side, therefore no one should marry until Yehovah puts a man into a deep sleep, takes a woman out of him, and brings her to him as a wife. Genesis 2:24 defines marriage; it doesn't establish a monogamy-only command. Let's try having a conversation instead of you posturing as the Righteous Judge who will determine my inheritance. I have to warn you that you are at a disadvantage if you want to actually debate logically; I have already been where you are, steeped in the unholy roman catholic monogamy-only lie. It has been diligently taught all the way down to the roman church's protestant daughters. To be honest, when I saw the truth and righteousness of polygyny and all of the problems that practicing that righteousness could solve, I thought I was crazy. However, in trying to prove to myself that polygyny was sinful, I became more convinced that the so-called church has inherited and perpetuated lies. Shalom.

@Maya Alan You're right about one thing only: Monogamy is Biblical. However, MONOGAMY ONLY is not Biblical. Uriah was monogamous (whether he aspired to only be monogamous, we don't know). David was polygynous. 1 Kings 15:5 says: "For David had done what was right in the eyes of Yehovah and had not turned aside from anything Yehovah commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite." That is a testimony against David's adultery, not his polygyny. Doesn't it bother you that your view is different than what the Bible states? Why doesn't 1 Kings 15:5 cry out that David also violated Leviticus 18:18? I guess King David's ancient Hebrew wasn't as good as David Wilber's. Hahaha.

There isn't one to show, this is why every single commentary you will hear on polygyny is riddled with fallacies, half truths, reading into the text, and bad assumptions based on culturally made lenses or agendas.

@@mrmonay most people believe traditions and men's interpretation over what the Bible clearly says that is the number one problem we listen to everybody except Jesus Christ. Exodus 21:10 is absolute truth

He does that a lot on polygyny because he's very anti-poly and has dug his heels in, and will not recant it seems even though he's been thoroughly refuted, and his arguments shown to be flat out wrong.

@@mrmonay I noticed that about a lot of 119 ministry teachers. Their slogan is test everything .you definitely have to test them.

Hey Pierre, I'm not sure if you've watched this video you're commenting on, but I explain Deut. 21:15-17 toward the end. Those other passages you cited are covered in my book if you'd like more information (link in video description). Hope that helps! :)

@@DavidWilberBlog Hey David, I did watch this video, but you did not address Exodus 21:10. In your newest book, Is God a Misogynist, did you specifically address Exodus 21:10? What's your understanding of Exodus 21:10? Exodus 21:10 "If he takes another [wife], he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marriage rights."

@@pierreferguson5257 Yes, that passage is addressed in my chapter on polygamy. The short answer is that it's assumed the master takes another wife IN ADDITION TO the maidservant mentioned previously. The passage actually is addressing a situation where an engagement falls through between the master and the maidservant and the master takes a wife OTHER THAN the maidservant. If that happens, the master still must provide for the maidservant-that's what verse 10 is saying. "Marriage rights" is better translated "shelter/lodging." This is unpacked in greater depth in the book. Hope it helps!

@@DavidWilberBlog Thanks. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

@@DavidWilberBlog Yes, I agree. w/ you. Polygamy and Divorce were not so from the beginning. Matthew 19:7 They said to Him, “Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce [Deuteronomy 24:1-4], and to put her away?” 8 He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so."

18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time. So here we have God telling us that it is ok to marry sisters. However a man may not marry a woman's sister if it will VEX (annoy or make angry). So if I marry a woman and she is good with it, them I may marry her sister. They must also have their own separate bedrooms.

@@mythoughtsonthebible2802 Excellent analysis!

That's your prerogative! If you view it that way, you probably shouldn't have ANY wife.

Daniel DeLuca lol...the logic is unbelievable...just crack me up

Augusto sooo funny.😄

Augusto Lucas irmão, e o seu é Augusto. Shalom. De onde você é?

Augusto amém irmão. Interior de SP, e você?

Prove it

Show me that. Book. Chapter and verse. It also says that women are not to preach. According to Paul. According to Jesus they are most certainly allowed. Did He not send Mary Magdalene to preach the good news of His resurrection to His brethren? And who are His brethren? Why that's all of us.

Neither is it forbidden!

@@mythoughtsonthebible2802 I can’t stand Scriptural misinterpretation. Christ told Mary Magdalene to spread the news to the disciples. Paul was not in conflict with Christ. You act like one of those that denies Paul. This is separate from the polygamy question. Your saying that about women preaching is bad understanding of the Scriptures. Women are not to be church leaders or leaders of congregations, so they are not preach a sermon for example.

Hebrews 3 refers back to numbers 12 where Miriam complained about Moses marrying a 2nd wife and was smitten with leprosy for 7 days because God said, "Moses was faithful in all my house." Hebrews 3 uses this as a type or example of how Jesus is "faithful in All God's House" meaning His care for all the individuals in His body/bride. It illustrates how Jesus as the bridegroom loves us all, but we as members of his bride love Him alone. Hebrews 3 exhorts us not to harden our hearts against this like those in the wilderness, in this case Miriam.

Exactly👏🏾👏🏾....Its written, no need to assume anything

if you are "one" with a woman, and then become "one" with another woman.....then, those two "women" become one. You are forcing them into homosexuality spiritually, and this often leads to women grinding with women doing that which is unseemingly. Jealousy is more cruel than the grave. A woman's spirit grieves deeply when you break the covenant with her by going in unto another.

You say this, as if you have first hand experience. How many polygamists have you gotten to know? You think it is bad in general, because the women are not worshipped as if they were a goddess. I have heard women who are in a polygamous relationship, say that they would not trade their marriage to one husband, for a monogamous relationship, in spite of the fact that they have been ostracized by society and by family and friends.

@@danieldeluca4936 They are but brothel workers receiving community dick. This isn't love, it's aiding and abetting someone's sex addiction. If a man can't repent of the lust of his flesh, then he's probably not fully Adamic.

MARRIAGE WAS ORDAINED BY GOD FOR ADAM, NOT FOR THE BEAST OF THE FIELD! (HAVING EYES FULL OF ADULTRY, WHO CANNOT CEASE FROM SIN,......."BRUTE BEASTS" MADE TO BE TAKEN OUT AND DESTROYED).

I have come from polygamy. You may be right.

Then the question becomes, should we not vote for leaders, who will make some allowances for polygyny, provided the man's wife is on board with it...

Actually it isn't saying what you might think it says there. The Greek word for "one" in that passage is used simply to say he should be married to "a" wife. He should be married. According to this "only one" interpretation, Abraham, Jacob, Moses, David, Jehoiada the priest, Gideon and many more would all be disqualified from having a leadership position in most ministry's today. They'd all be expected to look up to this guy here with his books..

Oh if you don't believe me because of James Strong or Joseph Thayer, just Google translate from English to Greek "a" or "an". Then do the same with "one" or "only one". Mia = A or An Enas = One Mono Ena = Only one

God permits monogamy too, but it too should not be promoted.

@@shayemoore Take heart. Your woman just wants to know that you are not going to stop loving her.

@@danieldeluca4936 Your man just want to know that you are not going to stop loving him. It's OK for you to be a brother husband.

@@shayemoore What you are describing, the Scriptures call adultery. Men don't think that way either!

@@danieldeluca4936 What you're describing is adultery.

Due diligence was taken. This message was amazing. Great job, David!

Please read our research paper

David already did a sufficient amount of research. His book contains some of the most exhaustive sources we've seen. Thanks, though. As Steve Rogers once said, "No, I don't think I will."

@@FoundedInTruth You guys are just doubling down on your errors, and only examining one side of this argument, and it is extremely weak! I have shot holes through it, and you have no response whatsoever!

@@danieldeluca4936 Error can not reply to truth without being shown that it is error. That is why they respond to other comments but not yours. To reply to your comments will prove they are in error. Once people see they are in error book sales will go down.

If the women didn't allow it it wouldn't have ever happened. The women held that power not the men. They could have rejected or left him just like women do today. They will divorce their husbands.

🤣🤣 My Husband that I KNOW can beat YOUR a**.. used to say this.. BUT NOW HE IS A PROPHET PREACHING AGAINST IT.. WITH UNDENIABLE PROOF.. ALL PRAISES TO THE MOST HIGH FOR ANSWERING MY PRAYERS..

@@leyahquinnzellyisrael3643 That's what Christ calls us to do, huh! Beat one another's a**??? Is that how they will know that we are His? I seriously doubt your claim that he has undeniable proof. You can assert that all you want, but until you or he presents their arguments, I remain skeptical.

@@leyahquinnzellyisrael3643 Well according to Ezekiel 23 the God of the Bible had or has two wives. So which God is your husband getting his prophecy from?

Hmm that makes sense. But why allow moses and the gang to do it?

from the very beginning it was Gods idea or wish for a man to have one woman as his helper and for companionship. Gen2:18,2:21 note: He made him a helper not helpers and took only one of his ribs to form one woman not women. so one rib from a man for one woman. Gen2:24 thus man will leave his father and mother join with his wife and they will be one flesh. note again not man to women . i would say that God did not allow polygamous marriages in the past, He just tolerated them since there was not a man enough to overcome all those weaknesses in the old testament but when Jesus Christ came he overcame all without sin Hebrews 4:14,15 he came and conquered all temptations and when he departed from the face of the world he knew we would face challenges and he sent a helper holy spirit to help us overcome temptations such as adultery and sexual immorality in so in new testament , after Jesus, does not give any excuse to practice polygamy cause its a sin 1 corinthians 7:1-5 'let each man have his own wife and vise versa'. it doesnt show us about husbands for many women and vise versa.@@HostileLemons

do your own research as well and you will see that those who have fallen for polygamous marriages face consequences and more troubles which extends to their children hence they are more likely to fight over properties ,attention from the man of the house ,killings and many other more as a result of that one step of sin. and why would a husband want more than one woman if it is not for his own selfish needs without caring about his wife and his children feelings about the matter. the bible teaches us to be patient, loving and caring. 1corinthians 13:4-8

@@wellbeingwithwinnie7500 Thank you for your comment.

@@wellbeingwithwinnie7500 very true polygamy is adultery, when paul was addressing adultery he was also talking of polygamy and that's why it's written you shall not commit adultery neither convert your neighbours goods, just because it wasn't condemned doesn't mean it was according to God's will just like peter said in acts we should obey God and not men

House of Israel and Judah...

Seriously? Why are you a homosexual?

I don't think he has shown evidence of being a homosexual. Misguided? Absolutely! Homosexual? C'mon!

God divorced Israel for her reparative disobedience!!

Even more clear is Ezekiel 23, where God names his two wives: Ohalah and Ohalabah.