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Leviticus 20:18

Leviticus 20:18
And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness,.... Her monthly courses, which make her weak and languid, which is forbidden, Lev 18:19; this is not to be understood of a man's lying with his…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Leviticus 20:10-21

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Leviticus 20:10-21

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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