Leviticus 18:19

And thou shalt not approach a woman in the separation of her uncleanness to uncover her nakedness.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.

In Context

18And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness beside her, during her life.

20And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to become unclean with her.

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Cross References

Leviticus 15:19And if a woman have a flux, and her flux in her flesh be blood, she shall be seven days in her separation, and whoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.

Leviticus 20:18And if a man shall lie with a woman in her infirmity, and uncover her nakedness, her flux doth he lay bare, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood; and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

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

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 18:7-19

Incest Defined and Forbidden; Against Marrying Near Relations. ( b. c. 1490.) 6 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord . 7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 8 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness. 9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she… Read the whole commentary →

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