Deuteronomy 27:20
Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife, and uncovereth his bed: and all the people shall say: Amen.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
21Cursed be he that lieth with any beast: and all the people shall say: Amen.
Cross References
Genesis 35:22And when he dwelt in that country, Ruben went, and slept with Bala, the concubine of his father: which he was not ignorant of. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
Leviticus 18:8Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's wife: for it is the nakedness of thy father.
Deuteronomy 22:30No man shall take his father's wife, nor remove his covering.
2 Samuel 16:22So they spread a tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and he went in to his father's concubines before all Israel.
Ezekiel 22:10They have discovered the nakedness of their father in thee, they have humbled the uncleanness of the menstruous woman in thee.
1 Corinthians 5:1It is absolutely heard, that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as the like is not among the heathens; 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 →