Leviticus 18:7
You do not uncover the nakedness of your father and the nakedness of your mother, she [is] your mother; you do not uncover her nakedness.
Literal Standard Version
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In Context
6None of you draws near to any relation of his flesh to uncover nakedness; I [am] YHWH.
8You do not uncover the nakedness of the wife of your father; it [is] the nakedness of your father.
Cross References
Leviticus 18:8You do not uncover the nakedness of the wife of your father; it [is] the nakedness of your father.
Leviticus 20:14And a man who takes the woman and her mother—it [is] wickedness; they burn him and them with fire, and there is no wickedness in your midst.
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 →