15
If a man has two wives, the one beloved and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated, and if the firstborn son is hers who was hated,
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Verse 15. Two wives. Moses never expressly ( Bible.) sanctions polygamy; but he tolerates it frequently, as excused by custom, the example of the Patriarchs, and so forth a toleration which Christ has revoked, as contrary to the primary design of God, and the institution of matrimony. Calmet. Matthew 19.
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