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Deuteronomy 27:20 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 27 · verse 20
Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.Deuteronomy 27:20 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 27:20 in context
18Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
19Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
20Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
21Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.
22Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- uncoverethgâlâhto denudeH1540 →
- father'sʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- Cursedʼârarto execrateH779 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- liethshâkabto lie downH7901 →
- skirtkânâphan edge or extremityH3671 →
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When the law was written, to be seen and read by all men, the sanctions of it were to be published, which, to complete the solemnity of their covenanting with God, they were deliberately to declare their approbation of.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-26