Leviticus 18:8
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s wife; it is thy father’s nakedness.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 35:22And it came to pass when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, the concubine of his father Jacob; and Israel heard, and the thing appeared grievous before him. And the sons of Jacob were twelve.
Leviticus 20:11And if anyone should lie with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness: let them both die the death, they are guilty.
Deuteronomy 23:1A man shall not take his father’s wife, and shall not uncover his father’s skirt.
2 Samuel 16:21And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to thy father’s concubines, whom he left to keep his house; and all Israel shall hear that thou hast dishonored thy father; and the hands of all that are with thee shall be strengthened.
Amos 2:7wherewith to tread on the dust of the earth, and they have smitten upon the heads of the poor, and have perverted the way of the lowly: and a son and his father have gone in to the same maid, that they might profane the name of their God.
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 →