Leviticus 18:7
'The nakedness of thy father and the nakedness of thy mother thou dost not uncover, she [is] thy mother; thou dost not uncover her nakedness.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
6'None of you unto any relation of his flesh doth draw near to uncover nakedness; I [am] Jehovah.
8'The nakedness of the wife of thy father thou dost not uncover; it [is] the nakedness of thy father.
Cross References
Leviticus 18:8'The nakedness of the wife of thy father thou dost not uncover; it [is] the nakedness of thy father.
Leviticus 20:14'And a man who taketh the woman and her mother — it [is] wickedness; with fire they burn him and them, and there is no wickedness in your midst.
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 →