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Leviticus 18:8

Leviticus 18:8
The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover,.... That is, who is indeed a man's father's wife, but not his own mother, but a stepmother or mother-in-law; or otherwise this law would…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Leviticus 18:6-18

These laws relate to the seventh commandment, and, no doubt, are obligatory on us under the gospel, for they are consonant to the very light and law of nature: one of the articles, that of a man's…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

This is the one case which appears (apart from two others in the imprecations, Deu 27:22-23), but stated in different words, in Deut. (Deu 22:30 [Heb 23:1], Deu 27:20). This has been thought to point…