Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.
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A man shall
Deuteronomy 27:20
Cursed is he who is lying with his father's wife, for he hath uncovered his father's skirt, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
Leviticus 18:8
The nakedness of the wife of thy father thou dost not uncover; it is the nakedness of thy father.
Leviticus 20:11
And a man who lieth with his father's wife -- the nakedness of his father he hath uncovered -- both of them are certainly put to death; their blood is on them.
1 Corinthians 5:1
Whoredom is actually heard of among you, and such whoredom as is not even named among the nations -- as that one hath the wife of the father! --
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Ruth 3:9
And he saith, 'Who art thou?' and she saith, 'I am Ruth thy handmaid, and thou hast spread thy skirt over thy handmaid, for thou art a redeemer.'
Ezekiel 16:8
And I pass over by thee, and I see thee, And lo, thy time is a time of loves, And I spread My skirt over thee, And I cover thy nakedness, And I swear to thee, and come in to a covenant with thee, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And thou dost become Mine.
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Leviticus 18:8
The nakedness of the wife of thy father thou dost not uncover; it is the nakedness of thy father.
Deuteronomy 27:20
Cursed is he who is lying with his father's wife, for he hath uncovered his father's skirt, -- and all the people have said, Amen.