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Thanks for an irrelevant post, Manwithaplan.
As far as monogamy goes:
The oldest instituting of marriage, given in Genesis, states explictly that marriage is between a man and a woman, and very strongly implies that it is to be between one man and one woman. This instituting is repeated at least once (I think more than once) by Jesus in the gospels approvingly.
As far as the examples of polygamy go, one should note that none of them go well. The best example is Jacob, who marries Leah and Rachel, which causes endless feuding within the family eventually resulting in Joseph's being sold into slavery. You cite the example of God commanding a married man to marry another woman -- could you remind me who this is? I don't remember this exact story.
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