Leviticus 18:19

Thou shalt not approach to a woman having her flowers, neither shalt thou uncover her nakedness.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

18Thou shalt not take thy wife's sister for a harlot, to rival her, neither shalt thou discover her nakedness, while she is yet living.

20Thou shalt not lie with thy neighbour's wife, nor be defiled with mingling of seed.

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Cross References

Leviticus 15:19The woman, who at the return of the month, hath her issue of blood, shall be separated seven days.

Leviticus 20:18If any man lie with a woman in her flowers, and uncover her nakedness, and she open the fountain of her blood, both shall be destroyed out of the midst of their people.

Ezekiel 22:10They have discovered the nakedness of their father in thee, they have humbled the uncleanness of the menstruous woman in thee.

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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