taxcontrol :” Levirate marriage is law under Deuteronomy 25: 5-6 “
Levirate marriage exists only for the sake of line of inhertance, which follows only the male line , according to Jewish tradition .
Traditional Jewish priesthood , and ‘Jewishness’ if you will , is traced matrilinially .
Or is it “Tilted Irish Kill”?
Could explain a lot of events since 1916.
;^)
I understand WHY the law existed. It does not change the rebuttal to the original assertion that God never commanded polygamy. The fact is simply this. God did give a commandment that could quite possibly result in polygamy. Further, there are OT laws about how plural wives and even concubines are treated.
Deu 25:5-6 is a flat rebuttal of the assertion of the author.