Leviticus 20:21

And if man take his brother’s wife, a thing to be kept aloof from, ( merachaka,) he bath uncovered the nakedness of his brother, they shall be childless.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.

In Context

20And if a man lie with the wife of his father’s brother he hath uncovered the nakedness of his father’s brother; they shall receive for their guilt without children shall they die.

22But keep you all My statutes and all My judgments, and do them, that the land into which I bring you to dwell may not cast you out.

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:16The nakedness of thy brother’s wife thou shalt not uncover; it is thy brother’s nakedness.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 20:11-22

10 And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. 11 And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. 12 And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them. 13 If a man also… Read the whole commentary →

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