Editing Book of Jacob (section)

==== Sexual fidelity ====
Jacob, says Green, preaches on different points of pride for the Nephites since they claim superiority over the Lamanites.{{sfn|Green|2020|p=44}} One of these issues he points out is that the Lamanite women appear to be more respected than Nephite women, also suggesting that Lamanite families are more righteous in their love for each other.{{sfn|Hardy|2023|p=172,179}} While the Nephites have begun to follow [[David]] and [[Solomon]]'s examples of having multiple women, according to Jacob, this practice has "broken the hearts" of their wives and lost them the confidence of their children. He insists they should follow the Lamanite example of sexual fidelity{{sfn|Green|2020|p=44}} and have only one wife and no concubines.{{sfn|Fenton|Hickman|2019|p=246}} Jacob's firm condemnation of the Nephites taking up plural marriage is surprising to some readers given [[Mormonism and polygamy|polygamy practices]] of the Latter-day Saint movement during the 1800s.{{sfn|Reiss|2005|p=80}}

The second chapter of Jacob, in verse thirty,<ref>{{lds|Jacob|jacob|2:30}}</ref> contains what many believers during the 1800s saw as the allowance for polygamy. It says that God can command periods of plural marriage as an exception to his law. Journalist and religious studies scholar Jana Reiss writes that Latter-day Saints believe the 1830s are an example of such a period, which ended in 1904 when the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced any members practicing polygamy would be excommunicated. Some churches which are part of the Latter-day Saint movement still take part in this practice.{{sfn|Reiss|2005|p=82}}