Leviticus 18:18
And you shall not take a woman as a rival
wife to her sister, uncovering her nakedness while her sister is still alive.
What a kind provision God here provides. You
cannot marry living sisters. It clearly would be cruel to your first wife to
take a second wife at all, but that cruelty would only be compounded by taking a second
wife who is the first wife's sister. But God doesn't rely simply on that fact to discourage, He takes ownership of it and says not only is that a sin against her,
it is a sin against Me. If you do that to her, you don't just have her tears
with which to contend, you have to contend with God Himself. If your first wife
dies, this does not prohibit marrying her surviving sister. That is neither a
sin against your late spouse or against your God.
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