Covenants and Laws of Marriage

The revelation, recorded on July 12, 1843, related to a new and everlasting covenant and included the principle of plural marriage. Laws governing plural marriage are set forth in the text's sections 58–66. Furthermore, if a man marries a wife by divine word, they shall inherit kingdoms and principalities.

What the evidence supports

Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet, at Nauvoo, Illinois, recorded July 12, 1843, relating to the new and everlasting covenant, including the eternity of the marriage covenant and the principle of plural marriage.
Laws governing plural marriage are set forth in sections 58–66.
If a man marry a wife by my word, which is my law, and by the new and everlasting covenant, and it is sealed unto them by the Holy Spirit of promise, they shall inherit thrones, kingdoms, principalities, and powers.

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Doctrine and Covenants 132

Evidence

The revelation in Doctrine and Covenants 132 was recorded on July 12, 1843, relating to the new and everlasting covenant, including the eternity of the marriage covenant and the principle of plural marriage.
Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet, at Nauvoo, Illinois, recorded July 12, 1843, relating to the new and everlasting covenant, including the eternity of the marriage covenant and the principle of plural marriage.
Doctrine and Covenants 132 · Official Declaration 2/Section 132
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Laws governing plural marriage were set forth in Doctrine and Covenants 132 sections 58–66.
58–66 , Laws governing plural marriage are set forth.
Doctrine and Covenants 132 · Section 132 summary
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A new and everlasting covenant was revealed, and those who do not abide by it are damned.
For behold, I reveal unto you a new and an everlasting covenant ; and if ye abide not that covenant, then are ye damned ; for no one can reject this covenant and be permitted to enter into my glory.
Doctrine and Covenants 132 · D&C 132, verse 4
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When a man marries a wife in the world and does not marry her by divine word, their covenant and marriage are not binding when they are dead.
Therefore, if a man marry him a wife in the world, and he marry her not by me nor by my word, and he covenant with her so long as he is in the world and she with him, their covenant and marriage are not of force when they are dead, and when they are out of the world; therefore, they are not bound by any law when they are out of the world.
Doctrine and Covenants 132 · D&C 132, verse 15
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A man who marries a wife by divine word and the new and everlasting covenant, sealed by the Holy Spirit, will inherit thrones, kingdoms, principalities, and powers.
And again, verily I say unto you, if a man marry a wife by my word, which is my law, and by the new and everlasting covenant , and it is sealed unto them by the Holy Spirit of promise , by him who is anointed, unto whom I have appointed this power and the keys of this priesthood; and it shall be said unto them—Ye shall come forth in the first resurrection; and if it be after the first resurrection, in the next resurrection; and shall inherit thrones , kingdoms, principalities, and powers, dominions, all heights and depths—then shall it be written in the Lamb’s Book of Life , that he shall commit no murder whereby to shed innocent blood , and if ye abide in my covenant, and commit no murder whereby to shed innocent blood, it shall be done unto them in all things whatsoever my servant hath put upon them, in time, and through all eternity; and shall be of full force when they are out of the world; and they shall pass by the angels, and the gods, which are set there, to their exaltation and glory in all things, as hath been sealed upon their heads, which glory shall be a fulness and a continuation of the seeds forever and ever.
Doctrine and Covenants 132 · D&C 132, verse 19
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If a wife in a new and everlasting covenant has an affair with another man, she has committed adultery and will be destroyed.
if a man receiveth a wife in the new and everlasting covenant, and if she be with another man, and I have not appointed unto her by the holy anointing , she hath committed adultery and shall be destroyed.
Doctrine and Covenants 132 · D&C 132, verse 41
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Doctrine and Covenants 132
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Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet, at Nauvoo, Illinois, recorded July 12, 1843, relating to the new and everlasting covenant, including the eternity of the marriage covenant and the principle of plural marriage.
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