Deuteronomy 27:23

Cursed be he who lies with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say: Amen.

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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 be he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father, or of his mother. And all the people shall say: Amen.

24Cursed be he who secretly strikes down his neighbor. And all the people shall say: Amen.

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:17You shall not uncover the nakedness of your wife and her daughter. You shall not take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter, so as to uncover her dishonor; for they are her flesh, and such sexual intercourse is incest.

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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