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Leviticus 18:16 KJV
Leviticus · chapter 18 · verse 16
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness.Leviticus 18:16 · King James Version
Leviticus 18:16 in context
14Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.
15Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son’s wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
16Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness.
17Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
18Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- nakednessʻervâhnudity, literally or figurativelyH6172 →
- brother'sʼâcha brother )H251 →
- uncovergâlâhto denudeH1540 →
- wifeʼishshâha womanH802 →
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These laws relate to the seventh commandment, and, no doubt, are obligatory on us under the gospel, for they are consonant to the very light and law of nature: one of the articles, that of a man's having his father's wife, the apostle speaks of as a sin not so much as named among the Gentiles, Co1 5:1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-18