Deuteronomy 27:20
Cursed be he who lies with his father’s wife, and so exposes the covering of his bed. And all the people shall say: Amen.
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21Cursed be he who lies with any beast. And all the people shall say: Amen.
Cross References
Genesis 35:22And when he was living in that region, Reuben went out, and he slept with Bilhah the concubine of his father, which was not such a small matter as to be hidden from him. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
Leviticus 18:8You shall not expose the nakedness of your father’s wife; for it is the nakedness of your father.
Deuteronomy 22:30No man shall take his father’s wife, nor remove her covering.”
2 Samuel 16:22Therefore, they spread a tent for Absalom on the rooftop. And he entered to the concubines of his father in the sight of all Israel.
Ezekiel 22:10They have uncovered the nakedness of their father within you. They have debased the uncleanness of the menstruous woman within you.
1 Corinthians 5:1Above all else, it is being said that there is fornication among you, even fornication of a such kind that is not among the Gentiles, so that someone would have the wife of his father.
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 →