Leviticus 18:19

And you do not draw near to a woman in the separation of her uncleanness to uncover her nakedness.

Literal Standard Version

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 you do not take a woman [in addition] to her sister, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life.

20And you do not give your seed [from] intercourse to the wife of your fellow, to become unclean with her.

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Cross References

Leviticus 15:19And when a woman has discharging—blood is her discharge in her flesh—she is in her separation [for] seven days, and anyone who is coming against her is unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 20:18And a man who lies with a sick woman and has uncovered her nakedness, her fountain he has made bare, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood—even both of them have been cut off from the midst of their people.

Ezekiel 22:10One has uncovered the nakedness of a father in you, || They humbled the menstruous woman in you.

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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