Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.

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Bible References

A man shall

Deuteronomy 27:20
Cursed be he who lays with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Leviticus 18:8
the nakedness of thy father's wife. It is thy father's nakedness.
Leviticus 20:11
And the man who lays with his father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness. Both of them shall surely be put to death, their blood shall be upon them.
1 Corinthians 5:1
Fornication is actually heard among you, and such fornication that is not even named among the Gentiles, for some man to have his father's wife.

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Ruth 3:9
And he said, Who are thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thy handmaid. Spread therefore thy skirt over thy handmaid, for thou are a near kinsman.
Ezekiel 16:8
Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love. And I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness. Yea, I swore to thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, says lord LORD, and th

General references

Leviticus 18:8
the nakedness of thy father's wife. It is thy father's nakedness.
Deuteronomy 27:20
Cursed be he who lays with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.