“Whoredoms Are an Abomination Before Me”

Brant Gardner

This verse underscores that Jacob’s condemnation occurs in a specific context rather than as an absolute rule. He has already announced Yahweh’s forbidding of polygamy but acknowledges that the restriction is not absolute. Yahweh may sometimes command polygamy. Therefore, the real issue is not plural marriages per se but the social problem of apostasy and exogamy.

Second Witness: Analytical & Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 2

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