## Sefer HaMitzvot, Negative Commandments

###### Sefer HaMitzvot, Negative Commandments 364:1
[Sefer HaMitzvot, Negative Commandments 364:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sefer%20HaMitzvot/s/Negative%20Commandments/r/364:1)

שהזהיר המלך מהרבות נשים. והוא אמרו לא ירבה לו נשים. וגבול זה שלא יוסיף על שמונה עשרה נשים בכתובה וקדושין. וכבר התבארו משפטי מצוה זו בשני מסנהדרין. (שם, שם):

**Sefaria Edition 2021, Translated by Rabbi Francis Nataf:**
That He prohibited the king from having many wives. And that is His saying, "he may not have many wives" (Deuteronomy 17:17). And the limit on this is that he not surpass eighteen wives with a contract (*ketubah*) and marriage (*kiddushin*). And the regulations of this commandment have already been explained in the second [chapter] of Sanhedrin. (See Parashat Shoftim; Mishneh Torah, Kings and Wars 3.)