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Deu 17:15 Thou shalt in any wise set [him] king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: [one] from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which [is] not thy brother.

Deu 17:17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

Mat 19:9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except [it be] for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

So, according to this, taking a second wife is adultery.

You have twisted all 3 verses.

The first 2 in the OT are SPECIFICALLY talking about a KING as shown in the verse prior to the first you quoted: "Deu 17:15 Thou shalt in any wise set [him] king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: [one] from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which [is] not thy brother.

The NT verse says "put away his wife", which is not part of the discussion. The discussion was about PLURAL WIVES, meaning more than 1 at the same time, not divorcing and re-marrying.

Now here's one to chew on:

"And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things." 2 Samuel 12:8

***”And I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into thy bosom,***

If you will study ancient history you will find that wives were given as hostages in treaty negotiations with nations and tribes around them. Also, when a new king came to power he took the first king’s wives as proof of the new king’s authority.

Please note that Absalom went into David’s wives before he was killed and David put away those wives.

Also, plural wives and concubines caused all sorts of problems. Abraham was given Hagar, by Sarah herself, and this has caused all sorts of problems today.

Jacob worked for Rachael but was forced to take Leah by her father. This caused all sorts of family problems with each forcing Jacob to take their handmaidens. There was NO peace in that family.

Gideon had many wives and look what happened to all of his sons! No peace in that family.

David had many wives and look at what happened in that family! Intrigue, treason, fear of your life as it was the norm for a new king to kill the offspring of the the other wives’ kids to prevent one from trying to ursurp the throne.
Thus the intrigue of Nathan trying to get Solomon on the throne instead of Adonijah.

When Adonijah desired the maid of David for a wife, Solomon had him killed because taking this maid would have been seen by the public as a proclamation that Adonijah was the true king with David’s “wife”, even though she was just a bed warmer.

God had warned against these problems put they were ignored by the desires of men, and this is what Jesus was saying.

Moses allowed it because of the hardness of their hearts.

AGAIN! Look at the words of JESUS!

Mat 19:9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except [it be] for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery:

NOW! If an old boy marries a woman, then marries another woman (Number 2) is it lawful in GOD”s eyes, or is some dispensation given if he did not put away his first wife before marrying his second?

This thread is about same sex marriage. This is a discussion for another thread.