Leviticus 18:7

+ 18:7. Lev 18:7 (Lev 18:24-30) (#7.438): T. Not to have sexual relations with your father / R. Not to have homosexual relations with your father “‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, + 18:7. Lev 18:7 (Lev 18:24-30) (#7.439): Not to have sexual relations with your mother nor the nakedness of your mother: she is your mother. You shall not uncover her nakedness.

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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.

In Context

6+ 18:6. Lev 18:6 (Lev 18:6-23) (#7.437): T. Not to approach anyone who is a close relative in order to have sexual relations (list given) / R. Not to be intimate, have pleasurable contact with, nor sexual relations with any forbidden woman R. Example: The Rabbis teach against actions such as embracing, kissing, hinting, and skipping, or other pleasurable contact that might lead to sexual relations / R. Note: Rabbinical Oral Tradition teaches this is a warning against intimacy that might lead to sexual relations “‘None of you shall approach anyone who are his close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am Adonai.

8+ 18:8. Lev 18:8 (Lev 18:24-30) (#7.440): Not to have sexual relations with your father’s wife “‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife. It is your father’s nakedness.

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:8+ 18:8. Lev 18:8 (Lev 18:24-30) (#7.440): Not to have sexual relations with your father’s wife “‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife. It is your father’s nakedness.

Leviticus 20:14“‘If a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: + 20:14. Lev 20:14 (#6.400): T. To burn a man (and the women) by fire as punishment for taking / acquiring / buying / marrying a woman and her mother / R. For the court to execute by burning they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there may be no wickedness among 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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