And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
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Gill's Exposition
And if a man take a wife, and her mother,.... Marry both the one and the other, or commit uncleanness with them, they consenting to it:
it is wickedness; abominable wickedness, shocking and…
Barnes' Notes
The burning under the sentence of the Law took place after the death of the criminal by stoning, or strangling. Jos 7:25.
Adam Clarke
They shall be burnt with fire - As there are worse crimes mentioned here, (see Lev 20:11 and Lev 20:17), where the delinquent is ordered simply to be put to death, or to be cut off, it is very likely…
Sins against the seventh commandment are here ordered to be severely punished. These are sins which, of all others, fools are most apt to make a mock at; but God would teach those the heinousness of…
Directions on the whole similar to those of Lev 18:6-20; Lev 18:22-23, but adding penalties for transgression.
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