Leviticus 18:19

'And unto a woman in the separation of her uncleanness thou dost not draw near to uncover her nakedness.

Young's Literal Translation

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

18'And a woman unto another thou dost not take, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life.

20'And unto the wife of thy fellow thou dost not give thy seed of copulation, for uncleanness with her.

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Cross References

Leviticus 15:19'And when a woman hath an issue — blood is her issue in her flesh — seven days she is in her separation, and any one who is coming against her is unclean till the evening.

Leviticus 20:18'And a man who lieth with a sick woman, and hath uncovered her nakedness, her fountain he hath made bare, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood, — even both of them have been cut off from the midst of their people.

Ezekiel 22:10The nakedness of a father hath one uncovered in thee, The defiled of impurity they humbled in thee.

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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