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== Polygamy ==

== Polygamy ==

It should be noted that the Book of Mormon does not teach [[polygamy]];  it is instead found in the [[Doctrine and Covenants]], section 132. The Book of Mormon says the following concerning plural marriage:

It should be noted that although the Book of Mormon generally forbids [[polygamy]], it allows for its practice when divinely mandated, apparently for the purpose of raising righteous posterity to the Lord. The Book of Mormon says the following concerning plural marriage:

''"Wherefore, my bretheren, hear me, and hearken to the word of the Lord: For there shall not any man among you have save it be one wife, and [[concubine]]s he shall have none"'' (Jacob 2:27).

''"Wherefore, my bretheren, hear me, and hearken to the word of the Lord: For there shall not any man among you have save it be one wife, and [[concubine]]s he shall have none... For if I will, saith the Lord of Hosts, raise up seed unto me, I will command my people; otherwise they shall hearken unto these things."'' (Jacob 2:27,30).

 

The revelation that authorized the practice of polygamy among Latter-day Saints during the 19th Century is recorded in the [[Doctrine and Covenants]], section 132.  

==Notes and references==

==Notes and references==