Leviticus 18:19

And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 woman to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her lifetime.

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

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Cross References

Leviticus 15:19And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be in her impurity seven days; and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.

Leviticus 20:18And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness — he hath made naked her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood — both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

Ezekiel 22:10In thee have they uncovered their fathers' nakedness; in thee have they humbled her that was unclean in her impurity.

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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