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Leviticus 20:17 KJV
Leviticus · chapter 20 · verse 17
And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.Leviticus 20:17 · King James Version
Leviticus 20:17 in context
15And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.
16And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
17And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
18And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
19And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister, nor of thy father’s sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- nakednessʻervâhnudity, literally or figurativelyH6172 →
- father'sʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- daughterbatha daughterH1323 →
- mother'sʼêma motherH517 →
- sisterʼâchôwtha sister , literally and figuratively)H269 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
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Sins against the seventh commandment are here ordered to be severely punished. These are sins which, of all others, fools are most apt to make a mock at; but God would teach those the heinousness of the guilt by the extremity of the punishment that would not otherwise be taught it. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-21