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Deuteronomy 27:20

Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; for he uncovereth his father's skirt! And all the people shall say, Amen.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.

In Context

19Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow! And all the people shall say, Amen.

21Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast! And all the people shall say, Amen.

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Cross References

Genesis 35:22And it came to pass when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine; and Israel heard of it. And the sons of Jacob were twelve.

Leviticus 18:8The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.

Deuteronomy 22:30A man shall not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's skirt.

2 Samuel 16:22So they spread a tent for Absalom upon the roof; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

Ezekiel 22:10in thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness; in thee have they humbled her that was unclean in her separation.

1 Corinthians 5:1It is universally reported [that there is] fornication among you, and such fornication as [is] not even among the nations, so that one should have his father's wife.

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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