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Deuteronomy 22:30

Deuteronomy 22:30
A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.

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Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Deuteronomy 22:13-30

These laws relate to the seventh commandment, laying a restraint by laying a penalty upon those fleshly lusts which war against the soul.

I. If a man, lusting after another woman, to get rid of his…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

(Heb. ch. Deu 23:1.) Against Intercourse with a Father's Wife, cp. Deu 27:20, and H, Lev 18:8; Lev 20:11, where the prohibition is extended to other female relatives. Either D's law is earlier than…