OKay I admit the Word doesn't condemn outright multiple wives ...but it was written during a time when, multiple wives were the norm... as was slavery, stoning, and other outdated sociatle happenings... Just because God addressed these things in the Word that were happening does not mean we need to reimplement them into today's society...During the time the Word was given God did his best to make the Law address these things to make them more fair... ie: if you blinded a slave, he got his freedom... History proves men used the Word for their own benefit rather that for the Words sake during the Antebellum period of the south.. for while they like Hugh claimethe Wor d of God as their promises of slavery, the seldom keptt he laws as to how slaves were to be kept or for that matter gotten, for the Word in Exodus clearly states to STEAL men or women for slavery was a criminal offense... and this it what you are trying to do...At the time Hebrew women were the only women given any rights of inheritance... Than God today women have equal rights, but Hugh would have them sub-citizens to be used in and treated as near slaves with no right to persue any life other than the one her husband or father chose for her...For God to have left out instruction for that time would have been making a huge(lol) mistake for they had to be dealt with as best He could.. but in the New Testament He put in the words about keeping the laws of the land.. and in this country it is against the law.. if you are doing otherwise you are a criminal...this even means those who deny the law like you Mr. Hugh...Those of us here who study the Word to live by the Word know that the more you know about the Word the less the flesh is in charge... I say Hugh, the Word somehow is wasted on you, perhaps, you are too carnel to understand it fully.. for instead of using it to decrease fleshly needs you are using it to increase it.Enough of this outdated garbage its illegal in the US and therefore aginst the Word of God....PERIOD.