View source for ''Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Gospel Doctrine Teacher’s Manual'' (1999): "the Lord commanded some of the early Saints to practice plural marriage. The Prophet Joseph Smith and those closest to him...were challenged by this command"

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==''Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Gospel Doctrine Teacher’s Manual'' (1999): "the Lord commanded some of the early Saints to practice plural marriage. The Prophet Joseph Smith and those closest to him...were challenged by this command"==
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In this dispensation, the Lord commanded some of the early Saints to practice plural marriage. '''The Prophet Joseph Smith and those closest to him''', including Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball, were challenged by this command, '''but they obeyed it'''. Church leaders regulated the practice. Those entering into it had to be authorized to do so, and the marriages had to be performed through the sealing power of the priesthood. <ref>"Lesson 31: “[http://www.lds.org/manual/doctrine-and-covenants-and-church-history-gospel-doctrine-teachers-manual/lesson-31-sealed-for-time-and-for-all-eternity Sealed … for Time and for All Eternity”]," Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Gospel Doctrine Teacher’s Manual, (1999) {{ea}}.</ref>
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