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− | A biblical prohibition under the Mosaic law prohibited polygamous marriages involving a mother and daughter: | + | A biblical prohibition under the Mosaic law prohibited polygamous marriages involving a mother and daughter: |
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+ | Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time." {{s||Leviticus|18|18}} | ||
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+ | The law also prohibited one from marrying two sisters: | ||
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+ | And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you." {{s||Leviticus|20|14}} | ||
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*Why was Joseph Smith sealed to mothers, daughters and sisters? Did this not violate a biblical prohibition? | *Why was Joseph Smith sealed to mothers, daughters and sisters? Did this not violate a biblical prohibition? | ||
A biblical prohibition under the Mosaic law prohibited polygamous marriages involving a mother and daughter:
Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time." Leviticus 18꞉18
The law also prohibited one from marrying two sisters:
And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you." Leviticus 20꞉14
Joseph Smith did not restore the practice of plural marriage according to Mosaic law—plural marriage was practiced prior to the institution of the Mosaic law without these restrictions. A well-known example is Jacob, whose name was changed to Israel: He was married to the two sisters Rachel and Leah.
It should also be noted that the biblical practice of levirate marriage, as defined by Hebrew law, required a man to take his childless deceased brother's wife as his own wife in order to produce offspring for his brother. This was also a case of marrying two sisters.
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