Deuteronomy 27:23

Cursed is he who has sex relations with his mother-in-law. And let all the people say, So be it.

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In The King James Version

Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.

In Context

22Cursed is he who has sex relations with his sister, the daughter of his father or of his mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

24Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's life secretly. And let all the people say, So be it.

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:17You may not take as wife a woman and her daughter, or her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, for they are of one family: it is an act of shame.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 27:12-26

The Curses from Ebal. ( b. c. 1451.) 11 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, 12 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: 13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. 14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, 15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination… Read the whole commentary →

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