Leviticus 18:19

And thou shalt not go in to a woman under separation for her uncleanness, to uncover her nakedness.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 a wife in addition to her sister, as a rival, to uncover her nakedness in opposition to her, while she is yet living.

20And thou shalt not lie with thy neighbor’s wife, to defile thyself with her.

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Cross References

Leviticus 15:19And the woman whosoever shall have an issue of blood, when her issue shall be in her body, shall be seven days in her separation; everyone that touches her shall be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 20:18And whatever man shall lie with a woman that is set apart for a flux, and shall uncover her nakedness, he has uncovered her fountain, and she has uncovered the flux of her blood: they shall both be destroyed from among their generation.

Ezekiel 22:10In thee they have uncovered the father’s shame; and in thee they have humbled her that was set apart for uncleanness.

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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