Leviticus 20:17

He that takith his sistir `the douytir of his fadir, ether the douyter of his modir, and seeth hir filthe, and sche seeth the schenschip of the brothir, thei han wrouyt an vnleueful thing, bothe schulen be slayn in the siyt of her puple; for thei schewiden togidere her filthe, and thei schulen bere her wickidnesse.

Wycliffe (portions)

In The King James Version

And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.

In Context

16A womman that liggith vndur ony beeste, be slayn togidere with it; the blood `of hem be on hem.

18If a man doith fleischly knowyng with a womman + 20:18 If a man doith fleisli knowing with a womman, etc. that is vndurstonden of that man that witingly knowith sich a womman, and is conuyct therof in doom, ellis he schal be vnclene in vij. dayes, as in xv. co. bifore. in the flux of monethe, + 20:18 that is, while the blood durith that renneth by monethes. and schewith hir filthe, and sche openeth the welle of hir blood, bothe schulen be slayn fro the myddis of her puple.

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Cross References

Exodus 30:33What euer man makith sich oile, and yyueth therof to an alien, he schal be `destried fro his puple.

Deuteronomy 27:22Cursid is he that slepith with his sistir, the douytir of his fadir, ethir of his modir; and al the puple schal seie, Amen!

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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