Deuteronomy 22:30
A man does not take his father’s wife, nor uncover his father’s skirt.”
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 20:11And a man who lies with his father’s wife—he has uncovered the nakedness of his father—both of them are certainly put to death; their blood [is] on them.
Ruth 3:9And he says, “Who [are] you?” And she says, “I [am] Ruth your handmaid, and you have spread your skirt over your handmaid, for you [are] a redeemer.”
1 Corinthians 5:1Whoredom is actually heard of among you, and such whoredom as is not even named among the nations—as that one has the wife of the father!
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 22:14-30
The Punishment of Fornication. ( b. c. 1451.) 13 If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, 14 And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid: 15 Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate: 16 And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and… Read the whole commentary →