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Leviticus 18:6 KJV
Leviticus · chapter 18 · verse 6
None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.Leviticus 18:6 · King James Version
Leviticus 18:6 in context
4Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.
5Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
6None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
7The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
8The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- nakednessʻervâhnudity, literally or figurativelyH6172 →
- approachqârabto approach for whatever purposeH7126 →
- uncovergâlâhto denudeH1540 →
- nearshᵉʼêrflesh , as living or forfoodH7607 →
- kinbâsârfleshH1320 →
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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